* Paul Elliott <[email protected]>, 2011-08-24, 04:57:
lintian -I says I should create a symbols file.
What lintian actually says is:
I: no-symbols-control-file
N:
N: Although the package includes a shared library, the package does not
N: have a symbols control file.
N:
N: dpkg can use symbols files in order to generate more accurate library
N: dependencies for applications, based on the symbols from the library
N: that are actually used by the application.
N:
N: Refer to the dpkg-gensymbols(1) manual page and
N: http://wiki.debian.org/UsingSymbolsFiles for details.
N:
N: Severity: wishlist, Certainty: certain
N:
N: Check: shared-libs, Type: binary, udeb
N:
This is hardly a "should".
But Debian Library Packaging guide
You should really not read this document. It consists of things that are
either:
1) irrelevant or
1) vague or
2) simply wrong or
3) already covered by the Debian Policy.
nor Debian New Maintainers' Guide tells me exactly how to create such a
file or how to name it.
The New Maintainer's Guide is about packaging basics, so certainly not
about packaging libraries.
--
Jakub Wilk
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
