On 24 July 2023 at 06:47, Helmut Grohne wrote: | Source: gretl | Version: 2023b-1 | Severity: important | Tags: patch | | gretl contains an empty directory /usr/lib/pkgconfig. Due to having | implemented the /usr-merge using directory aliasing, this directory is | prone to loss.
Are we sure this is 'important'? | Looking into gretl, it becomes evident that this directory is not | needed. It is an artifact of splitting files to different binary | packages. As such, the directory can be deleted without loss of | functionality. What does not exist, cannot be lost, problem solved. I'm | attaching a patch for your convenience. edd@rob:/var/cache/pbuilder/result$ for f in *2023b*deb; do echo $f; dpkg -c $f | grep config; done gretl_2023b-1_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2023-07-23 09:34 ./usr/lib/pkgconfig/ gretl-common_2023b-1_all.deb gretl-data_2023b-1_all.deb gretl-dbgsym_2023b-1_amd64.deb gretl-doc_2023b-1_all.deb libgretl1_2023b-1_amd64.deb libgretl1-dbgsym_2023b-1_amd64.deb libgretl1-dev_2023b-1_amd64.deb drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2023-07-23 09:34 ./usr/lib/pkgconfig/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 317 2023-07-23 09:34 ./usr/lib/pkgconfig/gretl.pc edd@rob:/var/cache/pbuilder/result$ Looks like it is alive and well in libgretl1-dev where it should be. But I agree with the 'find and rmdir'. Per 'git blame' we had the lintian override since 2007 (!!) but yes, with the /usr rearrangement it may make sense to clean this up. Dirk | Helmut | x[DELETED ATTACHMENT gretl_2023b-1.1.debdiff, plain text] -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | [email protected]
