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Re: lintian vs. linda error



On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:43:42AM +0100, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi, Colin Watson wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> ... or, better IMHO, install a lintian override.

I generally dislike installing lintian overrides for things I consider
to be bugs in lintian. It only serves to hide the problem.

Lintian overrides are intended to document exceptions to generally
correct rules.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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