Bug#909267: library-not-linked-against-libc: downgrade from error
Control: forcemerge 896012 909267
Hi Russ,
> 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?
That is a super creative suggestion! However, nothing may be wrong
with those libraries. We seem to ship quite a few [1].
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896012#38
> My recollection is that Simon is correct and we added this tag to try to
> find shared libraries that weren't linked to any of their dependencies.
I don't believe Lintian can do something like that. As described in
the merged bug [2], I think we need a portfolio-wide dependency
tracker.
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=896012#31
This tag will be removed in the near future.
Kind regards
Felix Lechner
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