[lintian] 01/01: checks/binaries.desc: Update description based on advice from Helmut Grohne.
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Author: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Sun Dec 10 19:54:36 2017 +0000
checks/binaries.desc: Update description based on advice from Helmut Grohne.
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checks/binaries.desc | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/checks/binaries.desc b/checks/binaries.desc
index dc18b0c..cb5d455 100644
--- a/checks/binaries.desc
+++ b/checks/binaries.desc
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ Tag: development-package-ships-elf-binary-in-path
Severity: minor
Certainty: possible
Experimental: yes
-Info: This development package (in the <tt>libdevel</tt> section of the
- archive) installs an ELF binary within <tt>$PATH</tt>.
+Info: This development package (ie. from the <tt>libdevel</tt> section of
+ the archive) installs an ELF binary within <tt>$PATH</tt>.
.
Commonly, executables in development packages provide values that are
relevant for using the library. Source packages that use such
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ Info: This development package (in the <tt>libdevel</tt> section of the
executable. However, development packages need to be installed on the host
architecture so such files are useless.
.
- .
- An alternative approach is to use pkg-config(1) or to specify
- <tt>Multi-Arch: foreign</tt>.
+ An alternative approach is to use <tt>pkg-config(1)</tt> or potentially
+ splitting architecture-independent development tools into a separate
+ package that can be marked <tt>Multi-Arch: foreign</tt>.
Ref: #794295, #794103
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