Re: lintian vs. linda error

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:01:22AM +0100, Daniel Gubser wrote:
> I have some problems to understand where I have to put the perl modules.
> 
> When I put them in /usr/lib/perl5 I get from lintian (linda shows no
> error):
> 
> W: psad: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5
> usr/lib/perl5/Psad.pm
> W: psad: package-installs-nonbinary-perl-in-usr-lib-perl5
> usr/lib/perl5/IPTables/Parse.pm
> 
> so I move this to /usr/share/perl5 and linda blubers (lintian shows no
> error):
> 
> W: psad; Architecture-dependant package installs into /usr/share/perl5.
> W: psad; Architecture-dependant package installs into /usr/share/perl5.

Does your package contain any architecture-dependent code, i.e. XS
modules (look for .so, .bs)? If so, you probably want to put the modules
in /usr/lib/perl5 and ignore lintian. If not, make sure your control
file says "Architecture: all", not "Architecture: any".

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]