Hi!
Thanks for the tip, Niels!
It would be cool if dh_assistant had some kind of generic command like
"dh_assistant validate" which would attempt to introspect all
information silently and emit output only if it fails to parse
something. Additionally it could emit a non-zero exit code on errors.
I tested your latest command and it works as you expected, though it
does not use exit code.
# dh_assistant detect-unknown-hook-targets
The hook target override_dh_car_configure in debian/rules does not
seem to match any known commands.
# echo $?
0
Also if the JSON included the filename and line number of the finding
it would be handy:
{
"unknown-hook-targets": [
{
"candidates": [],
"filename": "debian/rules",
"target-name": "override_dh_car_configure"
}
]
}
I don't know how much ambition you have for expanding the scope of
dh_assistant. We already have Lintian which has a massive amount of
checks, including ones related to debian/rules. It is just a pity
Lintian does not support checking a single file or the debian/
directory contents without building the package.. [1]
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/262783
