Lintian tag: read-in-maintainer-script

Type: error

Description (from lintian-explain-tags)

The given maintainer script appears to use read to get information from
the user. Prompting in maintainer scripts must be done by communicating
through a utility that conforms to the Debian configuration management
specification, version 2 or higher. The debconf program is a popular
choice.

With this tag, there is a potential for false positives. For example, read
could be used in a block with redirection, in a function in a pipe, or
when standard input is provided in an unusual way.

Please refer to Prompting in maintainer scripts (Section 3.9.1) in the
Debian Policy Manual for details.

Visibility: error
Show-Always: no
Check: scripts

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