Lintian tag: possible-debconf-note-abuse
Type: warning
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
Debconf notes should be used only for important notes that the user really
should see, since debconf will go to great pains to make sure the user
sees it.
Displaying a note with a low priority is conflicting with this statement,
since using a low or medium priority shows that the note is not important.
The right fix is NOT to increase the priority of the note, but to move it
somewhere else in the inline documentation, for example in a README.Debian
file for notes about package usability or NEWS.Debian for changes in the
package behavior, or to simply drop it if it is not needed (e.g. "welcome"
notes). Changing the templates type to "error" can also be appropriate,
such as for input validation errors.
Please refer to Prompting in maintainer scripts (Section 3.9.1) in the
Debian Policy Manual for details.
Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/debconf
Affected packages
| source |
version |
binary |
tag type |
tag |
information |
count |
| checksecurity |
2.0.16+nmu4 |
checksecurity/2.0.16+nmu4 |
warning |
possible-debconf-note-abuse |
checksecurity/oldconf [postinst:6]
|
1 |
| resolvconf |
1.92 |
resolvconf/1.92 |
overridden |
possible-debconf-note-abuse |
resolvconf/downup-interfaces [config:41] |
1 |
| samhain |
4.1.4-4 |
samhain/4.1.4-4 |
warning |
possible-debconf-note-abuse |
samhain/init-log [config:21]
|
8 |
| tiger |
1:3.2.4~rc1-3.2 |
tiger/1:3.2.4~rc1-3.2 |
overridden |
possible-debconf-note-abuse |
tiger/policy_adapt [config:7] |
8 |
| tiger |
1:3.2.4~rc1-3.2 |
tiger/1:3.2.4~rc1-3.2+b1 |
overridden |
possible-debconf-note-abuse |
tiger/policy_adapt [config:7] |
1 |