Bug#555982: debian-policy: RPATH in binaries and shared libraries

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 04:53:03PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Lintian has the following tag:
> 
> Tag: binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath
> Severity: serious
> 
> and ftpmaster requires an override for this tag to allow packages into
> the archive.  I believe Policy is currently silent on this topic.  The
> normative contents of that wiki page should be turned into a Policy
> proposal.

I would suggest a new lintian tag 'rpath-outside-usr-lib' that flags
packages with rpath pointing outside /usr/lib and /lib. This clearly
warrant a REJECT but have much less false positives than
binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath.

REJECTing pacjages before the policy is clearly laid out might lead maintainers
to add the override without much though whether the RPATH is a good idea.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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