maintainer-script-sets-alternative-improperly
The maintainer script calls update-alternatives --set
<alternative> foo
or update-alternatives --config
<alternative>
or update-alternatives --set-selections
.
This makes it impossible to distinguish between an alternative that's manually set because the user set it and one that's manually set because the package set it.
For more information please consult:
- the update-alternatives(8) manual page
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163
.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit ea05801. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check scripts.
Visibility: warning
- maintainer-script-should-not-use-update-alternatives-set