Dear George, Thank you for your review of the RSPLIB package for Debian. I have just uploaded an updated version to the mentors server, which fixes the problems found: http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor- pkglist?action=details;package=rsplib
> I took some time to look at it and found out that lintian (from debian > unstalbe) complains about the following problems [1]. All of these are easy > to fix (look at the lintian comments/suggestions), though I'm not quite > sure why you need to set rpath for your build. > > You should also document each change you have made to the package in your > debian/changelog. > > Regardless of that I reviewed that package I don't particularly intend to > sponsor it, and it is not because the package is bad or I'm evil, but it is > because I will not be able to take responsibility for it if something goes > wrong or in case of any issues, since I'm not familiar with RSP internals > and implementation. So -mentors list wouild be your best bet ;-) I hope you > will find a sponsor. > > [1] lintian -i rsplib_2.6.0-1_i386.changes > W: rsplib source: timewarp-standards-version (2008-02-15 < 2008-06-04) > N: > N: The source package refers to a Standards-Version that was released > after N: the date of the most recent debian/changelog entry. Perhaps you > forgot N: to update the timestamp in debian/changelog before building > the package? N: > N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain > N: > W: libcpprspserver-dev: extended-description-line-too-long > N: > N: One or more lines in the extended part of the "Description:" field > have N: been found to contain more than 80 characters. For the benefit > of users N: of 80x25 terminals, it is recommended that the lines do not > exceed 80 N: characters. > N: > N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 3.4.1 (The single line > synopsis) N: for details. > N: > N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain > N: > W: libcpprspserver2: extended-description-line-too-long > W: rsplib-fgp-cfgfiles: extended-description-line-too-long > W: rsplib-registrar: extended-description-line-too-long > W: rsplib-services: extended-description-line-too-long > W: rsplib-services: > binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath ./usr/bin/fractalpooluser /usr/lib > N: > N: The binary or shared library sets RPATH. This overrides the normal > N: library search path, possibly interfering with local policy and > causing N: problems for multilib, among other issues. > N: > N: The only time a binary or shared library in a Debian package should > set N: RPATH is if it is linked to private shared libraries in the same > N: package. In that case, place those private shared libraries in N: > /usr/lib/<package>. Libraries used by binaries in other packages should N: > be placed in /lib or /usr/lib as appropriate, with a proper SONAME, in N: > which case RPATH is unnecessary. > N: > N: To fix this problem, look for link lines like: > N: gcc test.o -o test -Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/lib > N: or > N: gcc test.o -o test -R/usr/local/lib > N: and remove the -Wl,--rpath or -R argument. You can also use the > chrpath N: utility to remove the RPATH. > N: > N: Refer to http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue for details. > N: > N: Severity: normal, Certainty: certain > N: > W: librsplib2: extended-description-line-too-long > W: librsplib-dev: extended-description-line-too-long > W: rsplib-tools: extended-description-line-too-long Best regards -- ======================================================================= Dr. Thomas Dreibholz University of Duisburg-Essen, Room ES210 Inst. for Experimental Mathematics Ellernstraße 29 Computer Networking Technology Group D-45326 Essen/Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.iem.uni-due.de/~dreibh =======================================================================
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