Package: lintian Version: 2.5.7 Severity: normal I had trouble figuring out what lintian was trying to tell me here:
,---- | W: libncursesw5: dev-pkg-without-shlib-symlink lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5.9 lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so | W: lib64ncurses5: dev-pkg-without-shlib-symlink lib64/libncurses.so.5.9 lib64/libncurses.so | W: lib64tinfo5: dev-pkg-without-shlib-symlink lib64/libtinfo.so.5.9 lib64/libtinfo.so | W: libncurses5: dev-pkg-without-shlib-symlink lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses.so.5.9 lib/i386-linux-gnu/libncurses.so | W: libtinfo5: dev-pkg-without-shlib-symlink lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5.9 lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so `---- These warnings are somewhat misleading (why are they displayed for the libraries rather than the -dev packages?), but ncurses does indeed not ship those .so symlinks, rather the "missing" files are linker scripts (and they are under usr/lib/ rather than under lib/). -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.4.0-rc7-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lintian depends on: ii binutils 2.22-6 ii bzip2 1.0.6-1 ii diffstat 1.55-2 ii file 5.11-1 ii gettext 0.18.1.1-7 ii hardening-includes 2.1 ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.26+b1 ii libc-bin 2.13-32 ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 ii libclone-perl 0.31-1+b2 ii libdigest-sha-perl 5.71-1 ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.3 ii libemail-valid-perl 0.190-1 ii libipc-run-perl 0.91-1 ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 ii libtimedate-perl 1.2000-1 ii liburi-perl 1.60-1 ii locales 2.13-32 ii man-db 2.6.1-2 ii patchutils 0.3.2-1.1 ii perl [libdigest-sha-perl] 5.14.2-10 ii unzip 6.0-6 lintian recommends no packages. Versions of packages lintian suggests: ii binutils-multiarch <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.16.3 ii libhtml-parser-perl 3.69-2 ii libtext-template-perl 1.45-2 ii man-db 2.6.1-2 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org