On 11/24/2011 12:51 PM, Ole Wolf wrote: > I'm getting some lintian warnings on one of my packages (at > http://mentors.debian.net/package/nemid): > > W: nemid: postinst-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig > W: nemid: postrm-has-useless-call-to-ldconfig > > The reason is quite evident: the nemid package doesn't include a > library; instead, the postinst and postrm scripts download a library > from an external web page and call ldconfig afterwards. Lintian > obviously can't know that a library is being installed and removed, > hence the warning. > > How do I suppress this lintian warning without resorting to, e.g., > secondary download-and-install scripts that are invoked from postinst > and postrm? > > Oh, by the way: I'm still looking for a sponsor for the package. :) > > -- > *Ole Wolf* <http://naturloven.dk> > Rødhættevej 4 * 9400 Nørresundby > Telefon: 9632-0108 * Mobil: 2467-5526 * Skype: ole.wolf * SIP: > ole.w...@ekiga.net > Hi , you can use packagename.lintian-overrides in debian directory .
man dh_linitian http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dother.en.html#lintian Best regards , Alex