Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules

To: "Sergei Golovan" <sgolovan@nes.ru>, 964073@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules
From: "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 22:58:04 -0000
Message-id: <[🔎] 5c1fa437-3e90-44d7-b8bb-24d8ce227d8e@www.fastmail.com>
Reply-to: "Chris Lamb" <lamby@debian.org>, 964073@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 159359221536.26203.4220382982255315932.reportbug@jupiter.golovan.home>
References: <[🔎] 159359221536.26203.4220382982255315932.reportbug@jupiter.golovan.home> <[🔎] 159359221536.26203.4220382982255315932.reportbug@jupiter.golovan.home>

Hi Sergei,

> Since it points to a higher location in the file system, lintian shows a
> warning. Though, the link never goes outside /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu,
> so I would say that this warning is spurious.

Thanks for your report and it sounds like you are right. (Mostly
replying so you don't make changes to your package while you wait for
a fix to land.)


Regards,

--
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org 🍥 chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Reply to:

References:
- Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules
  - From: Sergei Golovan <sgolovan@nes.ru>

Prev by Date: dpkg-source: False positive 'points outside source root'
Next by Date: Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules
Previous by thread: Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules
Next by thread: Bug#964073: lintian: Possible false positives for breakout-link for Lua modules
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread