Hi!
On Sun, 2014-07-27 at 21:56:17 +0200, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> Package: dpkg-dev
> Version: 1.17.6
> Severity: minor
> The attached patch add a hint in case of error.
> Sometime, it is not obvious that the library is not shipped in one
> of the package... causing this error.
> diff --git a/scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl b/scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl
> index 6f7c9ac..ff0156b 100755
> --- a/scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl
> +++ b/scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl
> @@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ foreach my $file (keys %exec) {
> # 3/ when we have been asked to do so
> $ignore++ if $ignore_missing_info;
> error(_g('no dependency information found for %s ' .
> - '(used by %s)'), $lib, $file)
> + '(used by %s)\n' .
> + 'Hint: check if the library is actually shipped in
> a package.'), $lib, $file)
> unless $ignore;
> }
> }
Looks good! I've queued the patch for my next push, with only a
line-wrapping change for the string at 80 columns.
Thanks,
Guillem
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