Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.3.0 Severity: wishlist Lintian has the following tag:
Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath Severity: serious Certainty: possible Ref: http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue Info: The binary or shared library sets RPATH. This overrides the normal library search path, possibly interfering with local policy and causing problems for multilib, among other issues. . The only time a binary or shared library in a Debian package should set RPATH is if it is linked to private shared libraries in the same package. In that case, place those private shared libraries in <tt>/usr/lib/<i>package</i></tt>. Libraries used by binaries in other packages should be placed in <tt>/lib</tt> or <tt>/usr/lib</tt> as appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in which case RPATH is unnecessary. . To fix this problem, look for link lines like: gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/lib or gcc test.o -o test -R/usr/local/lib and remove the <tt>-Wl,--rpath</tt> or <tt>-R</tt> argument. You can also use the chrpath utility to remove the RPATH. and ftpmaster requires an override for this tag to allow packages into the archive. I believe Policy is currently silent on this topic. The normative contents of that wiki page should be turned into a Policy proposal. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: ii doc-base 0.9.5 utilities to manage online documen -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
