Bug#996684: lintian: emits bogus embedded-library error for libtinfo6 package
On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:46:24PM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> I am getting the following error in libtinfo6 (as well as in libtinfo5
> and lib{32,64}tinfo6), which according to the FTP masters leads to
> autorejection unless overridden:
>
> ,----
> | $ lintian /var/cache/apt/archives/libtinfo6_6.2+20210905-1_amd64.deb
> | E: libtinfo6: embedded-library ncurses lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6.2
> `----
As noted on IRC, the same bug occurs for libpcap0.8 with libpcap.so vs.
libpcap.a.
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