Lintian tag: postinst-uses-db-input
Type: warning
Description (from lintian-explain-tags)
It is generally not a good idea for postinst scripts to use debconf
commands like db_input. Typically, they should restrict themselves to
db_get to request previously acquired information, and have the config
script do the actual prompting.
Visibility: warning
Show-Always: no
Check: debian/debconf
Affected packages
| source |
version |
binary |
level |
tag |
count |
information |
| debian-security-support |
1:13+2025.07.16 |
debian-security-support/1:13+2025.07.16 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:62] |
| freedombox |
25.13.1 |
freedombox/25.13.1 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:31] |
| glibc |
2.41-12 |
libc6/2.41-12 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:74] |
| glibc |
2.42-2 |
libc6/2.42-2 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:74] |
| glide |
2002.04.10ds1-24 |
libglide3/2002.04.10ds1-24 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
2 |
[postinst:24] |
| hylafax |
3:6.0.7-13 |
hylafax-server/3:6.0.7-13 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:166] |
| mailman-hyperkitty |
1.2.1-3 |
python3-mailman-hyperkitty/1.2.1-3 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:34] |
| mandos |
1.8.19-1 |
mandos/1.8.19-1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:78] |
| mandos |
1.8.19-1 |
mandos-client/1.8.19-1+b1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:155] |
| nvidia-support |
20240109+1 |
nvidia-installer-cleanup/20240109+1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
5 |
[postinst:17] |
| open-iscsi |
2.1.11-3 |
open-iscsi/2.1.11-3 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:179] |
| pam |
1.7.0-5 |
libpam0g/1.7.0-5 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:154] |
| phabricator |
0~git20220903-2 |
arcanist/0~git20220903-2 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:9] |
| popa3d |
1.0.3-3 |
popa3d/1.0.3-3 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
9 |
[postinst:28] |
