Bug#494400: lintian: shlibs-declares-dependency-on-other-package check is buggy
Package: lintian
Version: 1.24.2
Severity: normal
Running lintian on libc6 from experimental I get:
W: libc6: shlibs-declares-dependency-on-other-package libc6 (>= 2.8)
N:
N: This package declares in its shlibs control file a dependency on some
N: other package (and not one listed in the Provides of this package).
N:
N: Packages should normally only list in their shlibs control file the
N: shared libraries included in that package, and therefore the
N: dependencies listed there should normally be satisfied by either the
N: package itself or one of its Provides.
N:
N: In unusual circumstances where it's necessary to declare more complex
N: dependencies in the shlibs control file, please add a lintian override
N: for this warning.
N:
N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 8.6 for details.
N:
But as said by lintian, shlibs from *libc6* declares a dependency on
*libc6*.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii diffstat 1.45-2 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.20 Debian package development tools
ii file 4.25-1 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.17-3 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libparse-debianchan 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output
ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl
ii liburi-perl 1.35.dfsg.1-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii man-db 2.5.2-2 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-sha 5.10.0-12 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
lintian recommends no packages.
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none> (no description available)
ii libtext-template-perl 1.44-1.2 Text::Template perl module
ii man-db 2.5.2-2 on-line manual pager
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