Bug#562863: Extend description of filesystem namespace clashes

2009-12-28 Thread Guillem Jover
Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 In the first paragraph in ยง10.1 (Binaries), there's a description of when is and is not appropriate to have a filename clash for binaries, and what to do if such situation arises. I think this needs to be extended and generalized to include several other ca

Bug#562506: init scripts should not use set -e

2009-12-28 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 04:07:48PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Currently, Debian Policy makes a general statement that all Bourne shell > scripts should start with set -e and does not (so far as I can see) make > an exception for init scripts. I've seen several init scripts use set -e, > which i

Bug#562506: init scripts should not use set -e

2009-12-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek writes: > I don't think that 'set -e' is wrong for init scripts, so much as the > LSB init script interfaces' requirement of 'set +e' is an unfortunate > design flaw. Still, as many init scripts are using > /lib/lsb/init-functions nowadays, I think it's worth calling this out in >