Bug#515831: lintian: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc test should take into account glibc specific case
Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.0
Severity: normal
Running a recent lintian on glibc sources output (among others
warning/errors):
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-dev depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-dbg depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-prof depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-pic depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6.1-dev depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6.1-dbg depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6.1-prof depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6.1-pic depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.3-dev depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.3-dbg depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.3-prof depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.3-pic depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-dev depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-dbg depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-prof depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-pic depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-i386 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-sparc64 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-s390x depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-amd64 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-powerpc depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-ppc64 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-mipsn32 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-mips64 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-i386 depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-sparcv9b pre-depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-i686 pre-depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6-xen pre-depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc0.1-i686 pre-depends
W: glibc source: package-depends-on-hardcoded-libc libc6.1-alphaev67 pre-depends
Please add a case to detect the case when the depending package is also
a glibc package.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
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 1.46-1 produces graph of changes introduc
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.24 Debian package development tools
ii file 4.26-2 Determines file type using "magic"
ii gettext 0.17-6 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii libipc-run-perl 0.82-1 Perl module for running processes
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 1.37+dfsg-1 Manipulates and accesses URI strin
ii man-db 2.5.2-4 on-line manual pager
ii perl [libdigest-sha 5.10.0-19 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 2.5.2-4 on-line manual pager
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