On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 06:27:45PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > retitle 452216 [shared-libs] syntax-check the symbols file > severity 452216 wishlist > thanks > > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Package: lintian > > Version: 1.23.36 > > Severity: normal > > > > The symbols control file is a dpkg-gensymbols file. > > > > (For bonus points, sanity check the file. ;-) > > I committed the simple fix to recognize the control field earlier today > and that will be in the next release. I'll see if anyone else responds to > my plea to write a good test for the syntax and leave this bug open to > track that.
It would also be nice that you compare the information from the shlibs and the symbol file. The highest version from the symbol file really should be the same as what's in the shlibs. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
