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Re: [PATCH/RFC] dpkg-shlibdeps: ignore shell scripts



Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Why? I mean dh_shlibdeps already does the right thing and is passing
> binaries only to dpkg-shlibdeps.

At the expense of wasting time running file on everything to determine
which are binaries, which has been marked "TODO:slow" in the source
forever.

And then, file is probably not the best test, the best test would be an
identical one to that used by dpkg-shlibdeps. There have been some bugs
because of this; not all of them are even fixed. #133092 is the best
one.

And too, the more effort that needs to be spent to make dh_shlibdeps be
able to drive dpkg-shlibdeps, the harder it is for anyone to make a
credible alternative to it. Oh, oops, I'm supposed to consider that an
advantage, right? :-P

-- 
see shy jo


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