maintainer-script-should-not-parse-etc-passwd-or-group
The maintainer script appears to manually parse /etc/passwd
or /etc/group instead of using the getent(1) utility
to display entries.
This bypasses the Name Service Switch (NSS), avoiding querying centralised or networked user databases such as LDAP, etc.
For more information please consult:
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 d219a5a. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check scripts.
Visibility: warning