On 2014-11-21 19:04, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > control: tags -1 + moreinfo
Hi Bastien, Perhaps it is just me, but I am missing a reason of why this one is tagged moreinfo. ~Niels (Original mail quoted below): > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Package: lintian >> Version: 2.5.30+deb8u2 >> Severity: important >> > Hi, > > I just tried to upload a Haskell package built with ghc-7.8, but it was > rejected: > > libghc-mtl-dev: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-7.8.3/mtl-2.1.3.1/libHSmtl-2.1.3.1-ghc7.8.3.so > /usr/lib/ghc/ghc-prim-0.3.1.0', automatically rejected package. > libghc-mtl-dev: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag. > libghc-mtl-dev: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-7.8.3/mtl-2.1.3.1/libHSmtl-2.1.3.1-ghc7.8.3.so > /usr/lib/ghc/integer-gmp-0.5.1.0', automatically rejected package. > libghc-mtl-dev: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag. > libghc-mtl-dev: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-7.8.3/mtl-2.1.3.1/libHSmtl-2.1.3.1-ghc7.8.3.so > /usr/lib/ghc/transformers-0.3.0.0', automatically rejected package. > libghc-mtl-dev: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag. > libghc-mtl-dev: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-7.8.3/mtl-2.1.3.1/libHSmtl-2.1.3.1-ghc7.8.3.so > /usr/lib/ghc/base-4.7.0.1', automatically rejected package. > libghc-mtl-dev: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag. > libghc-mtl-dev: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath > usr/lib/haskell-packages/ghc/lib/x86_64-linux-ghc-7.8.3/mtl-2.1.3.1/libHSmtl-2.1.3.1-ghc7.8.3.so > /usr/lib/ghc/rts-1.0', automatically rejected package. > libghc-mtl-dev: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag. > > GHC-7.8 (in experimental) started to also create shared libraries, but > these live in private paths, so it uses rpath allow the linker to find > them. It seems to me that this is a valid use of rpath > >> 1. Could you explain how can I detect ghc package ? >> 2. Could you pin point to some documentation about this shared library stuff >> ? >> 3. Could you explain why rpath and improve wiki >> (https://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue) particularly with the issue here >> does not apply in your case. > >> Bastien > > > I could start to create override files and add them to ~700 packages, > but it seems to make more sense to make lintian aware of this use, and > do not report this error for rpaths pointing to something in /usr/lib/ghc/. > > I mark this as important as it prevents us from uploading further > Haskell packages to experimental (at least without temporary > work-arounds). > > Thanks, > Joachim > > [...] > >> > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
