Bug#593397: lintian: detects zlib on kfreebsd kernel udebs
Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org> writes:
> lintian detects an embedded zlib in the kfreebsd kernel udebs, and report
> it as an error:
> E: zlib-modules-8.1-1-amd64-di udeb: embedded-zlib ./lib/modules/8.1-1-amd64/zlib.ko
> When the package is uploaded, it is then rejected by dak. While it is
> correct that this package contain an embedded zlib copy, this is an
> allowed use case.
> It is not really easy to add a lintian override in a kernel udeb, and
> moreover the file will end-up in the debian-installer image, which is
> not something wanted.
> After discussion with the ftpmasters, it seems the best place to add the
> whitelist is on the lintian side, as it is already done with klibc. I
> have attached a patch doing that, the other option would be to whitelist
> all udeb packages.
Thanks, I've applied your patch for the next release.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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