Bug#921872: lintian: pkg-config-references-unknown-shared-library should also look for static libraries
Package: lintian
Version: 2.6.0
Severity: normal
I am getting these warnings in libncurses-dev:
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| W: libncurses-dev: pkg-config-references-unknown-shared-library usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ncurses++.pc -lncurses++ (line 17)
| W: libncurses-dev: pkg-config-references-unknown-shared-library usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/ncurses++w.pc -lncurses++w (line 17)
`----
While there are indeed no shared libraries for libncurses++{,w} (see
#702687 on that topic), linking with -lncurses++ or -lncurses++w works
because these are provided as static libraries.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.0.0-rc5-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii binutils 2.31.1-12
ii bzip2 1.0.6-9
ii diffstat 1.62-1
ii dpkg 1.19.5
ii dpkg-dev 1.19.5
ii file 1:5.35-2
ii gettext 0.19.8.1-9
ii gpg 2.2.12-1
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.5
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.34+b1
ii libarchive-zip-perl 1.64-1
ii libcgi-pm-perl 4.40-1
ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.51-1
ii libclone-perl 0.41-1+b1
ii libdigest-sha-perl 6.02-1+b1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.5
ii libemail-valid-perl 1.202-1
ii libfile-basedir-perl 0.08-1
ii libio-async-perl 0.72-1
ii libipc-run-perl 20180523.0-1
ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.416-1+b4
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-13
ii libtext-levenshtein-perl 0.13-1
ii libtimedate-perl 2.3000-2
ii liburi-perl 1.76-1
ii libxml-simple-perl 2.25-1
ii libyaml-libyaml-perl 0.76+repack-1
ii man-db 2.8.5-1
ii patchutils 0.3.4-2
ii perl 5.28.1-4
ii t1utils 1.41-3
ii xz-utils 5.2.4-1
Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii libperlio-gzip-perl 0.19-1+b5
Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn binutils-multiarch <none>
ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.72-3+b3
ii libtext-template-perl 1.54-1
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