On 15/01/2015 11:32, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Sylvestre Ledru <sylves...@debian.org> 
> wrote:
>> On 15/01/2015 11:13, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>> Package: libgl2ps0
>>> Version: 1.3.8-1
>>> Severity: grave
>>> Justification: ยง10.2
>>>
>>> Something went really wrong with the building of gl2ps shared library:
>>>
>> why is it grave?
>> the package builds fine and can be used without issues.
> Policy 10.2:
>
>      Although not enforced by the build tools, shared libraries must be
>      linked against all libraries that they use symbols from in the same
>      way that binaries are.  This ensures the correct functioning of the
>      symbols and shlibs systems and guarantees that all libraries can be
>      safely opened with `dlopen()'.  Packagers may wish to use the gcc
>      option `-Wl,-z,defs' when building a shared library.  Since this
>      option enforces symbol resolution at build time, a missing library
>      reference will be caught early as a fatal build error.
>
> See:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/2012/12/msg00019.html
On this package, it is a bit of a bikeshedding but I don't mind... Don't
hesitate to upload it (NMU 0) and
fill the unblock request.

Sylvestre


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