Package: lintian Version: 2.4.3 Severity: wishlistPublic Python extension modules, i.e. *.so files in one of these directories:
/usr/lib/pyshared/pythonX.Y/ /usr/lib/python-support/PACKAGENAME/pythonX.Y/ /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/ /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/dist-packages/should not be linked to libpythonX.Y. Such linkage is not necessary for a module to work correctly and it causes dpkg-shlibdeps to generate dependencies that are too strict. See e.g. bugs #472314, #445411, #445423, #470290.
There should be also a separate check (with severity:serious) for the case where a module in a pythonX.Y directory is linked with libpythonZ.W for X.Y != Z.W. See e.g. bug #586937.
-- Jakub Wilk
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