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 |
1:14+2026.05.07 |
debian-security-support/1:14+2026.05.07 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:59] |
| freedombox |
26.8 |
freedombox/26.8 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:31] |
| glibc |
2.42-16 |
libc6/2.42-16 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:74] |
| glibc |
2.43-2 |
libc6/2.43-2 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:74] |
| glide |
2002.04.10ds1-25 |
libglide3/2002.04.10ds1-25 |
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 |
6 |
[postinst:166] |
| hylafax |
3:6.0.7-13 |
hylafax-server/3:6.0.7-13+b1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
2 |
[postinst:166] |
| mailman-hyperkitty |
1.2.1-3 |
python3-mailman-hyperkitty/1.2.1-3 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:34] |
| mandos |
1.8.19-1.1 |
mandos/1.8.19-1.1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
1 |
[postinst:78] |
| mandos |
1.8.19-1.1 |
mandos-client/1.8.19-1.1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:155] |
| nvidia-support |
20240109+1 |
nvidia-installer-cleanup/20240109+1 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
5 |
[postinst:17] |
| open-iscsi |
2.1.11-5 |
open-iscsi/2.1.11-5 |
warning |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:179] |
| pam |
1.7.0-5 |
libpam0g/1.7.0-5+b2 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:154] |
| popa3d |
1.0.3-4 |
popa3d/1.0.3-4 |
overridden |
postinst-uses-db-input |
8 |
[postinst:28] |
