Re: (WARNING) xfree86 3.3.2.3a-2 (source all i386) uploaded to master
On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 02:02:21PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 10:25:57AM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> > Branden Robinson <branden.robinson@ibm.net> writes:
> >
> > > W: xext: shlib-without-dependency-information
> > > usr/X11R6/lib/modules/xf86Jstk.so
> >
> > > I have always gotten this error. I don't know how to fix it, but it
> > > doesn't seem to hurt anyone.
> >
> > Well, this isn't a shared library that's going to be linked to, so
> > there should be a way to override lintian's behavior.
>
> Oh, I get it. The complaint's not about the file itself, but the absence
> of mention in a shlibs file. Okay. Well, yeah, that should be overridden.
> The only thing that uses those modules is the X server.
If you ask me, lintian should ignore files like this outside standard library
directories (/lib, /usr/lib, /usr/X11R6/lib). They are almost always modules,
eg netscape plugins, etc.
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