Bug#498138: check for deprecated OCaml -custom linked executable
Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 04:51:07PM +0200, Stéphane Glondu wrote:
>> This check is quite easy using the ocamlobjinfo tool: it prints "Force
>> custom: YES" when given a faulty .cma.
> ... but I doubt that we can rely on external packages from lintian
> checks (lintian maintainers: can we?). So I suggest implementing the
> test in pure Perl, not relying on ocamlobjinfo, it won't be hard at all.
It's possible if the tool is lightweight, but we'd rather not pull in
anything with significant dependencies. It also constrains maintenance in
the future, since lintian.d.o is on a stable system. So yes, I think pure
Perl would be better.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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