(Redmine issue: #7365)

W: mentat-ng: executable-not-elf-or-script etc/mentat/scripts/lib.sh
E: mentat-ng: systemd-service-file-outside-lib etc/systemd/system/mentat.service

lintian-info -t executable-not-elf-or-script
lintian-info -t systemd-service-file-outside-lib

(Redmine issue: #7365)

(Redmine issue: #7041)

(Redmine issue: #7041)

(Redmine issue: #7041)

(Redmine issue: #7041)

Original idea wa to use Docker for this purpose, but it turned out full
featured virtual server will be much better suited for this task due to
the comlexity of the whole environment.

(Redmine issue: #7041)

* Init script link manipulation using update-rc.d was added to postinst
  and postrm (which was added), according to documentation (Debian
  Policy Manual, Section 9.3.3.1. Managing the links):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#managing-the-links
* This also adds package dependency on essential package init-system-helpers
  version >= 1.50.

* Error checking of every command was enabled according to documentation
  (Debian Policy Manual, Section 10.6. Scripts):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#scripts

* The file ownership and access rights setup was moved from postinst
  to rules to avoid the hardlink attack vulnerability, as described in:
  $ lintian-info -t maintainer-script-should-not-use-recursive-chown-or-chmod

* Solution #1 was chosen as all files should belong to root.

* The description section from control file in .deb was reformatted according
  to documentation (Debian Policy Manual, Section 5.6.13. Description):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#description

Jan Mach authored 3 years ago and Rajmund Hruška committed 3 years ago

(Redmine issue: #7379)

(Redmine issue: #7379)

* Init script link manipulation using update-rc.d was added to postinst
  and postrm (which was added), according to documentation (Debian
  Policy Manual, Section 9.3.3.1. Managing the links):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#managing-the-links
* This also adds package dependency on essential package init-system-helpers
  version >= 1.50.

* Error checking of every command was enabled according to documentation
  (Debian Policy Manual, Section 10.6. Scripts):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#scripts

* The file ownership and access rights setup was moved from postinst
  to rules to avoid the hardlink attack vulnerability, as described in:
  $ lintian-info -t maintainer-script-should-not-use-recursive-chown-or-chmod

* Solution #1 was chosen as all files should belong to root.

* The description section from control file in .deb was reformatted according
  to documentation (Debian Policy Manual, Section 5.6.13. Description):
  https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#description

(Redmine issue: #6157)

During installation of Mentat system from Debian packages. (Redmine issue: #3387)

(Redmine issue: #3361,#3387,#4216)

The installation manual was enhanced with the option of installing the project directly from Git repository. This option overlaps with the installation process for local development, so the development documentation page was also updated accordingly. (Redmine issue: #4216)

(Redmine issue: #3387)

(Redmine issue: #3387)

(Redmine issue: #3387)

(Redmine issue: #3387)

New mechanism for building Debian packages makes better use of debhelper. Previous solution with using Grunt for building the package was abandoned entirely. (Redmine issue: #3387,#4216)