Package: libmpeg3-dev Version: 1.8.dfsg-3 Severity: important Tags: patch libmpeg3-dev installs an empty /usr/lib/pkgconfig. This directory is prone to loss since we implemented the /usr-merge using directory aliasing.
However, the directory is an artifact of an incomplete multiarch conversion. The .pc file is now shipped in /usr/lib/<triplet>/pkgconfig. The old location is no longer needed and what does not exist cannot be lost. I'm attaching a patch for your convenience. Helmut
diff -Nru libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/changelog libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/changelog --- libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/changelog 2021-08-25 11:27:20.000000000 +0200 +++ libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/changelog 2023-07-23 06:59:17.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +libmpeg3 (1.8.dfsg-3.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * Do not ship empty directory /usr/lib/pkgconfig. (Closes: #-1) + + -- Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de> Sun, 23 Jul 2023 06:59:17 +0200 + libmpeg3 (1.8.dfsg-3) unstable; urgency=medium * Adopt package into multimedia-team diff -Nru libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/libmpeg3-dev.dirs libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/libmpeg3-dev.dirs --- libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/libmpeg3-dev.dirs 2021-08-25 11:27:20.000000000 +0200 +++ libmpeg3-1.8.dfsg/debian/libmpeg3-dev.dirs 2023-07-23 06:59:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ usr/lib -usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/include/mpeg3 usr/include/mpeg3/audio usr/include/mpeg3/video