it was added on purpose in Debian it seems to be able to use it for autopkgtest
https://salsa.debian.org/multimedia-team/libsndfile/-/commit/ce47c46e but it might make sense to have them split in another binary, you should report that to Debian -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libsndfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1967521 Title: Test binaries in libsndfile-dev package Status in libsndfile package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: There are programs from the libsndfile test suite in dev package. Should they be there? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsndfile/+bug/1967521/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp