Bug#429528: shlib-with-non-pic-code mess with the soname

[Luciano Bello <luciano@linux.org.ar>]

package: lintian
severity: normal 

Hi!
	I'm packaging nepenthes (http://packages.debian.org/nepenthes) I have this 
issue with lintian: 

E: nepenthes: shlib-with-non-pic-code usr/lib/nepenthes/x4.so
N:
N:   The listed shared libraries contain object code that was compiled
N:   without -fPIC. All object code in shared libraries should be
N:   recompiled separately from the static libraries with the -fPIC option.
N:
N:   Another common mistake that causes this problem is linking with gcc
N:   -Wl,-shared instead of gcc -shared.
N:
N:   In some cases, exceptions to this rule are warranted. If this is such
N:   a case, follow the procedure outlined in Policy and then please
N:   document the exception by adding a lintian override to this package.
N:
N:   Refer to Policy Manual, section 10.2 for details.
N:

	Looking into the code, it looks as if is bug in lintian. The code tries to 
check whether the object has a soname version which tends to confuse to 
lintian if this is a plugin that dosen't have a soname version. 
I study the problem with wouter@debian.org and file this bug.

thanks, luciano