Re: Bug#119517: pcmcia-cs: cardinfo binary needs to move into a s eparate package

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Branden Robinson wrote:
> I think both should be forbidden.
> 
> ELF objects, minor or major, must declare shared library dependencies
> as Depends.
> 
> ELF objects, minor or major, that link against non-free shared libraries
> must not go into main.

Why are ELF objects so special? If we have a rule like this, why should
it not apply to other forms of binaries, or to programs written in
interpreted languages? Perl and python programs can produce ghastly
errors if a library they require is not installed.

Also, I'd hope that a perl or python program that requires a library from
non-free to work has no more business in main than does a ELF executable
with similar requirements.

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