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Bug#891395: libfabric1: improperly packaged library support files



Package: libfabric1
Version: 1.5.3-1
Severity: serious
Justification: policy 8.2

libfabric1 ships /usr/bin/fi_{info,pingpong,strerror}. These files are
independent of the soname of the library. Debian policy section 8.2
prohibits such files from being shipped in the shared library package.
The typical solution is to split them out into a package named e.g.
libfabric-bin. Thus when libfabric bumps its soname, libfabric-bin would
get taken over by the newer package while libfabric1 and e.g. libfabric2
would remain coinstallable.

Helmut


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