On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 01:25:24AM -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > I am trying to package fortranposix library. I produced some debian > packages but I am not satisfied with their quality. For example, when I do > $lintian -i libfortranposix0_0.1-1_i386.deb > E: libfortranposix0: ldconfig-symlink-missing-for-shlib > usr/lib/libfortranposix.so.0 usr/lib/libfortranposix.so.0.0.0 > libfortranposix.so.0 > N: > N: The package should not only include the shared library itself, but > N: also the symbolic link which ldconfig would produce. (This is > N: necessary, so that the link gets removed by dpkg automatically when > N: the package gets removed.) If the symlink is in the package, check > N: that the SONAME of the library matches the info in the shlibs file. > N: > N: Refer to Policy Manual, section 8.1 for details. > N: > I thought ldconfig automatically creates the necessary symbolic links > provided the postinst, postrm scripts invoke ldconfig properly. Please see Policy section 8.1. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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