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diff --git a/tags/d/debconf-is-not-a-registry.tag b/tags/d/debconf-is-not-a-registry.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fdbf4b --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/d/debconf-is-not-a-registry.tag @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Tag: debconf-is-not-a-registry +Severity: warning +Check: debian/debconf +Explanation: In the Unix tradition, Debian packages should have human-readable and + human-editable configuration files. This package uses debconf commands + outside its maintainer scripts, which often indicates that it is taking + configuration information directly from the debconf database. Typically, + packages should use debconf-supplied information to generate + configuration files, and -- to avoid losing configuration information on + upgrades -- should parse these configuration files in the <code>config</code> + script if it is necessary to ask the user for changes. + . + Some standalone programs may legitimately use debconf to prompt the user + for questions. If you maintain a package containing such a program, + please install an override. Other exceptions to this check include + configuration scripts called from the package's post-installation script. +See-Also: developer-reference 6.5.1, debconf-devel(7) |