On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 08:51:42PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:53:03PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Lintian has the following tag: > > > > Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > > Severity: serious > > > > 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. > > I would suggest a new lintian tag 'rpath-outside-usr-lib' that flags > packages with rpath pointing outside /usr/lib and /lib. This clearly > warrant a REJECT but have much less false positives than > binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath.
I don't think we want an rpath to /lib/package/. The only place rpath should point to is /usr/lib/package/ where package must be related to either the source or binary package. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
