packaging quesiton about programs that include an .a libs

[Jim Westveer <jwest@netnw.com>]

Hi,

I am putting together a package of GNU barcode, and the program
supplies an executable (barcode) info, and man files,...AND
a supporting library libbarcode.a  .

I suppose I could package the library separately...but I would
rather have it in one package.  When I try to have debuild include
the library, and place it in /usr/lib  debuild will do this, 
although lintian gives a warning:

W: barcode: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/lib
W: barcode: file-in-unusual-dir usr/lib.

But when I try to install the package...dpkg pukes with:

dpkg: error processing ../barcode_0.91.4-1_i386.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite directory `/usr/lib' in package gnome-gnobots with
nondirectory

Humm,,,, got no gnome-gnobots here...

Anyway, Is it possible to include a library with a binary package?
-or am I barking up the wrong tree-

Can anyone give me a suggestion ?


If you are interested A working package (no libbarcode.a) can be 
found at  http://master.debian.org/~jwest/barcode/

and my broken testing copy (with libbarcode.a) can be found at:
ftp://ftp.netnw.com/pub/barcode/barcode_0.91.4-1_i386.deb


Thanks,

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