[Pkg-samba-maint] On Samba and lintian

[Mathieu Parent]

Hello,

I'm using lintian to improve the packaging. I need to discuss some of
the warnings.

I: samba source: quilt-patch-missing-description fix-cluster-build.diff
-> Jelmer: Can this be properly fixed? (I don't understand exactly how
it works...)


I: samba: arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share 8994kB 81%
-> Do we care (and create a new package)?


W: samba-vfs-modules: manpage-has-bad-whatis-entry
usr/share/man/man8/vfs_linux_xfs_sgid.8.gz
-> This is a lexgrog problem, I'm stuck (can be reproduced with
lexgrog  ./docs/manpages/vfs_linux_xfs_sgid.8 # parse failed)


I: samba: conflicts-with-version libldb1 (<< 1:1.1.15)
I: samba: conflicts-with-version samba (<< 2:3.3.0~rc2-5)
I: samba: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: samba: conflicts-with-version samba4 (<< 4.0.0~alpha6-2)
I: samba-common-bin: conflicts-with-version samba (<< 2:3.3.0~rc2-5)
I: samba-common-bin: conflicts-with-version samba-common (<< 2:3.3.0~rc2-5)
I: samba-common-bin: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: libpam-winbind: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: samba-testsuite: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: samba-testsuite: conflicts-with-version samba-libs (<< 2:4.0.10+dfsg-4)
I: registry-tools: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: smbclient: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: smbclient: conflicts-with-version samba4-clients (<< 4.0.5)
I: libsmbclient: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: samba-libs: conflicts-with-version libpam-smbpass (<< 2:4)
I: samba-libs: conflicts-with-version samba (<< 2:4)
I: samba-libs: conflicts-with-version samba-common-bin (<< 2:4)
I: samba-libs: conflicts-with-version samba-dsdb-modules (<< 2:4.1.9+dfsg-2)
I: samba-libs: conflicts-with-version winbind (<< 2:4)
I: samba-common: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
I: samba-common: conflicts-with-version samba4-common (<< 4.0.0~alpha7-1)
I: winbind: conflicts-with-version samba-doc (<< 2:4.0.5~)
-> Couldn't Breaks be used here? If not a lintian override is needed.

Cheers,

-- 
Mathieu Parent

[conflicts-with-version]:An earlier-than version clause is normally an
indication that Breaks
 should be used instead of Conflicts.  Breaks is a weaker requirement that
 provides the package manager more leeway to find a valid upgrade path.
 Conflicts should only be used if two packages can never be unpacked at
 the same time, or for some situations involving virtual packages (where a
 version clause is not appropriate).  In particular, when moving files
 between packages, use Breaks plus Replaces, not Conflicts plus Replaces.