Niels Thykier <[email protected]> writes: > On 2013-04-06 20:10, Felix Natter wrote: >> hi, >> >> I am currently fixing a warning in the freeplane package, >> and am wondering whether this lintian feature works correctly. >> > > It works but there is a limit to what it can do. > >> X: freeplane: package-contains-broken-symlink >> usr/share/freeplane/framework.jar ../knopflerfish/framework.jar >> >> (corresponds to this line in debian/freeplane.links: >> usr/share/knopflerfish/framework.jar usr/share/freeplane/framework.jar) >> >> [...] >> >> Could the problem be that /usr/share/knopflerfish/framework.jar is a >> symlink itself? >> >> [...] >> >> Thanks and Best Regards, >> > > > Yes, since freeplane and knopflerfish are not built from the same > source, Lintian has no chance of knowing that the target file exist[1]. > Lintian does have some exceptions (like /usr/share/java/<file>.jar) > where it assumes the target will be provided by a direct dependency. > But that does not apply here since "framework.jar" does appear to be a > "public java library" (i.e. not in /usr/share/java).
N: The package contains a symlink but the destination for the link does not N: exist in the package nor in its direct dependencies. => Do you think it would be a good idea to mention the "same source analysis" here briefly, or is that understood by Debian developers? (Or do you think that "Certainty: possible" is enough?) > [1] http://lintian.debian.org/manual/section-1.3.html*p > > See "same source analysis". Thanks for the clarification. Best Regards, -- Felix Natter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
