[lintian] 01/01: c/binaries: Unstripped static libs tags no longer exp
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commit 910ae17f8c395a380ff0401297306a9f06ffdd2a
Author: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Date: Mon Mar 7 18:52:16 2016 +0000
c/binaries: Unstripped static libs tags no longer exp
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
---
checks/binaries.desc | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
debian/changelog | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/checks/binaries.desc b/checks/binaries.desc
index 6f47999..8d6e66b 100644
--- a/checks/binaries.desc
+++ b/checks/binaries.desc
@@ -100,14 +100,27 @@ Info: The binary or shared library is stripped, but still contains a
Tag: static-library-has-unneeded-section
Severity: wishlist
Certainty: certain
-Experimental: yes
-Info: Tag for tallying static libraries ".comment" sections.
+Info: The static library is stripped, but still contains a section
+ that is not useful. You should call strip with
+ <tt>--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note</tt> to remove the
+ <tt>.note</tt> and <tt>.comment</tt> sections.
+ .
+ <tt>dh_strip</tt> (after debhelper/9.20150811) will do this
+ automatically for you, but <tt>install -s</tt> not because it calls strip
+ without any arguments.
Tag: unstripped-static-library
Severity: wishlist
Certainty: certain
-Experimental: yes
-Info: Tag for tallying unstripped static libraries.
+Info: The package installs an unstripped static library.
+ .
+ Please note, that static libraries have to be stripped with the
+ <tt>--strip-debug</tt> option. You will probably also want to
+ use <tt>--remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note</tt>
+ to avoid the static-library-has-unneeded-section tag.
+ .
+ <tt>dh_strip</tt> (after debhelper/9.20150811) will do this
+ automatically for you.
Tag: missing-depends-line
Severity: normal
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index bb0ad99..609bd69 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ lintian (2.5.43) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
XXX: generate tag summary with private/generate-tag-summary
+ * checks/binaries.desc:
+ + [NT] Remove the experimental marker from the tags about
+ (partially) unstripped static libraries.
+
* commands/reporting-lintian-harness.pm:
+ [NT] Add missing close and seek to the end of the new
lintian log file before appending to it.
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