From 5b9eaa96d3d9fd98cdc118c94b730f490207a706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: selfhoster1312 <selfhoster1312@kl.netlib.re>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:54:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Warn when the apt packages list is a string, not a list

---
 package_linter.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package_linter.py b/package_linter.py
index 281684a..6e25c7e 100755
--- a/package_linter.py
+++ b/package_linter.py
@@ -1967,6 +1967,9 @@ class Manifest(TestSuite):
 
                 apt_packages = resources["apt"].get("packages", [])
                 if isinstance(apt_packages, str):
+                    yield Warning(
+                        "The packages list should be a TOML list, like [ 'package1', 'package2' ]. Using a string separated with commas/spaces will be deprecated in the future."
+                    )
                     apt_packages = [value.strip() for value in re.split(' |,',apt_packages)]
 
                 if dbtype == "mysql" and "mariadb-server" not in apt_packages: