Re: Fwd: paflib uploaded to mentors.debian.net

[Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfranco@yahoo.it>]

Hi,

>W: paflib source: changelog-should-mention-nmu


if you are nmuing it you need to mention the Non-maintainer upload
in changelog.

dch --nmu (or similar) does it for you


>W: paflib source: source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number 0.2.0-1

same here, 0.2.0-1 is not an NMU number, 0.2.0-1.1 is
(nmus adds a .N to Debian revision)

https://wiki.debian.org/NonMaintainerUpload


P: paflib source: no-dep5-copyright
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
P: libpaf-dsc0: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
    usr/share/common-licenses/GPL


"GPL" means nothing. It might be GPL-1,2,3,1+,2+,3+ or whatever.

now GPL symlinks to GPL-3, tomorrow it might refer to GPL-4, and 

on old systems still on GPL-2.
The user should know the correct license, not the license linked on
its system.


>X: libpaf-dsc0: shlib-calls-exit
>    usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpaf-dsc.so.0.0.2

a shared library can't call "exit".

Simple as it is.

>I: libpaf-dsc0: no-symbols-control-file
>    usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpaf-dsc.so.0.0.2


e.g. https://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles


>P: libpaf-dev: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license>    usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
>P: libpaf-ebb0: copyright-refers-to-symlink-license
>    usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
>X: libpaf-ebb0: shlib-calls-exit

>    usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpaf-ebb.so.0.0.2
>I: libpaf-ebb0: no-symbols-control-file    usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/libpaf-ebb.so.0.0.2

dupes

>I: libpaf-ebb0: unused-override no-upstream-changelog


you have an override that isn't actually used

cheers,

G.