Package: dpkg-cross retitle 499292 dpkg-cross: check for and remove dangling symlinks severity 499292 wishlist thanks
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:53:34 +0100 Wookey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't that a private application plugin|module ? Is there any actual > > purpose in providing these for linking during the build? Most plugins > > and private application libraries are explicitly prevented from being > > linked against other objects outside the application concerned > > Hmm, perhaps you are right. I had not appreciated that things below > /lib are normally deemed 'private'. Stuff certainly seerms to build > against the -cross package provided (wthout these objects in it), so I > guess they are not externally linked. objdump -p against the built binaries should be able to give the definitive answer about linkages. > > - it is > > possible that even if these objects are provided, dpkg-shlibdeps may > > not be able to locate them. > > I do have to use --ignore-missing to shlibdeps to make it build, but I > think that is to do with missing .shlibs files in the gsmd build, not > these sub-libs. I will check. Thanks. > > "Shared object files (often .so files) that are not public libraries, > > that is, they are not meant to be linked to by third party executables > > (binaries of other packages), should be installed in subdirectories of > > the /usr/lib directory. Such files are exempt from the rules that > > govern ordinary shared libraries, except that they must not be > > installed executable and should be stripped. > > OK. I guess gsmd is complying with this packaging rule, and in fct > everything is working as it should. > > It was the dangling symlinks that made me assume things were broken, > combined with onyl a vague knowledge of the workings of libgsmd. OK. Retitling the bug to get dpkg-cross to check for and remove dangling symlinks as well as explain things like this in the manpage. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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