lintian: r712 - in trunk: checks debian

[rra@debian.org]

Author: rra
Date: 2006-08-19 01:03:35 +0200 (Sat, 19 Aug 2006)
New Revision: 712

Modified:
   trunk/checks/binaries.desc
   trunk/debian/changelog
Log:
* checks/binaries.desc:
  + [RA] Greatly expand the binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath long
    description based on recent discussion in debian-policy.  Add a
    reference to the wiki page.  (Closes: #378054, #378055)

Modified: trunk/checks/binaries.desc
===================================================================
--- trunk/checks/binaries.desc	2006-08-18 22:46:52 UTC (rev 711)
+++ trunk/checks/binaries.desc	2006-08-18 23:03:35 UTC (rev 712)
@@ -53,12 +53,24 @@
 
 Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath
 Type: warning
-Info: The binary or shared library defines the `RPATH'. Usually this
- is a bad thing.  Most likely you will find a Makefile with a line like:
-     gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath
+Ref: http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue
+Info: The binary or shared library sets RPATH.  This overrides the normal
+ library search path, possibly interfering with local policy and causing
+ problems for multilib, among other issues.
+ .
+ The only time a binary or shared library in a Debian package should set
+ RPATH is if it is linked to private shared libraries in the same package.
+ In that case, place those private shared libraries in
+ <tt>/usr/lib/<i>package</i></tt>.  Libraries used by binaries in other
+ packages should be placed in <tt>/lib</tt> or <tt>/usr/lib</tt> as
+ appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in which case RPATH is unncessary.
+ .
+ To fix this problem, look for link lines like:
+     gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/lib
  or
      gcc test.o -o test -R/usr/local/lib
- Please contact &debdev; if you have questions about this.
+ and remove the <tt>-Wl,--rpath</tt> or <t>-R</t> argument.  You can also
+ use the chrpath utility to remove the RPATH.
 
 Tag: binary-has-unneeded-section
 Type: info

Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog	2006-08-18 22:46:52 UTC (rev 711)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog	2006-08-18 23:03:35 UTC (rev 712)
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 lintian (1.23.23) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  * checks/binaries.desc:
+    + [RA] Greatly expand the binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath long
+      description based on recent discussion in debian-policy.  Add a
+      reference to the wiki page.  (Closes: #378054, #378055)
   * checks/changelog-file{.desc,}:
     + [RA] Diagnose changelog files that are symlinks, using the new way
       the changelog-file collection script processes them.