On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:13:44AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > * Russ Allbery [Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:27:23 -0700]: > > >> Wouldn't Lintian already detect that problem and warn that the SONAME of > >> the library doesn't match the package name? > > > Well, that works when lintian is run against the upload that introduces > > the bug. This check would act as a "style checker" for the practice that > > could eventually cause the bug (and works at any point between the > > adding of the wildcard and the fatal upload happening). So, it's a bit > > of a "prevention" mechanism. > > Ah, I see. If you list the specific SONAME, does dh_install then fail > when it can't find any matching files? (I seem to have had it > successfully produce empty packages for me in the past, but it may be that > the mistake I made then was different than this one.)
Only if you use --fail-missing, I think. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
