Lintian tag: maintainer-script-empty

Type: warning

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The named maintainer script does not appear to contain code other than
comments or boilerplate such as set -e, exit statements, or a case
statement to parse options.

While harmless in most cases, it is not needed. The package may also leave
files behind until purged, and can contribute to rare problems when dpkg
fails because no maintainer scripts are present.

Please do not ship the maintainer script unless it does something useful.

Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: maintainer-scripts/empty

Affected packages

source version binary tag type tag information count
acm 6.0+20200416-1.2 acm/6.0+20200416-1.2 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
acm 6.0+20200416-1.2 acm/6.0+20200416-1.2 warning maintainer-script-empty [preinst] 9
dbus-broker 36-1 dbus-broker/36-1 overridden maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 8
dbus-broker 36-1 dbus-broker/36-1+b1 overridden maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 1
docbook-html-forms 1.1.0-5.1 docbook-html-forms/1.1.0-5.1 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 1
etbemon 1.4.1-1 mon/1.4.1-1 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
mgetty 1.2.1-1.4 mgetty-viewfax/1.2.1-1.4 warning maintainer-script-empty [postinst] 9
pam 1.5.3-7 libpam-runtime/1.5.3-7 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 1
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-bcmath/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-bz2/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-common/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-curl/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-dba/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-enchant/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-gd/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-gmp/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-imap/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-interbase/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-intl/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-ldap/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-mbstring/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-mysql/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-odbc/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-opcache/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-pgsql/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-pspell/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-readline/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-snmp/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-soap/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-sqlite3/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-sybase/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-tidy/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-xml/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.2 8.2.26-4 php8.2-zip/8.2.26-4 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-bcmath/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-bz2/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-common/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-curl/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-dba/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-enchant/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-gd/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-gmp/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-interbase/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-intl/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-ldap/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-mbstring/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-mysql/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-odbc/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-opcache/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-pgsql/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-readline/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-snmp/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-soap/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-sqlite3/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-sybase/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-tidy/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-xml/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
php8.4 8.4.1-6 php8.4-zip/8.4.1-6 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
tua 4.3-16 tua/4.3-16 warning maintainer-script-empty [prerm] 9
wl 2.15.9+0.20210131-2 wl/2.15.9+0.20210131-2 warning maintainer-script-empty [postrm] 1
xemacs21 21.4.24-12 xemacs21-supportel/21.4.24-12 warning maintainer-script-empty [postinst] 1