Bug#909267: library-not-linked-against-libc: downgrade from error

[Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>]

Chris Lamb wrote:

> > > I wonder if we would get all of the utility out of the tag if instead it
> > > looked for shared libraries with no NEEDED metadata.  I think it's only
> > > catching libraries that aren't linked with anything else, so maybe just
> > > check for that explicitly?
> > 
> > Yeah probably better than the status-quo. Any kind of plugin would need
> > to be excluded though, because it might simply be using symbols from the
> > loading binary (via -rdynamic). It would still emit false-positives for
> > any library that implements language run-times or does syscall wrapping.
> […]
> > So, I'd say the trade-off is worth it, as there's definitely going to
> > be way less false-positives on language run-time libraries, than the
> > current false-positives.
> 
> Sounds reasonable. Can someone retitle this bug to match?  (I doubt I
> personally have enough shared library foo to implement this myself,
> alas.)

Gentle ping on this, folks? :)


Regards,

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