Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

I'll remove it in purge.; there's another bug open effectively for that. However, I think it is generally a good thing if the file exists. Because of the dpkg bug we no longer install it, but I think our users are better served by leaving the file on upgrades.

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

Package: libgssapi-krb5-2 Followup-For: Bug #861218 Hi, It seems that this bug is not completely fixed. The file is not shipped in the package anymore, but as the file was installed in /etc it should explicitly be removed during the upgrade in the maintainer script. Could you please have a

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

control: severity -1 normal Will remove this file early in buster.

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

It seems like an /etc/gss/mech.d/README-- (or similar) would alleviate the technical problems with having a single file named README, and would be glob-able for consuming software that is adapted to know about a broader convention. It would, of course, be slightly confusing to users even if there

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

Hi Sam, On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 12:03:30PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote: > I'm going to start by explaining why that file is there and asking for > your help in figuring out what to do. > I'm then going to argue that this is not an RC bug (probably not even a > bug at all). > But I'm more interested

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

> "Helmut" == Helmut Grohne writes: Helmut> Package: libgssapi-krb5-2 Version: 1.15-1 Severity: serious Helmut> libgssapi-krb5-2 is a shared library package and contains Helmut> /etc/gss/mech.d/README. The latter filename does not depend Helmut> on the

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

Hi Helmut, On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:52:58AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Package: libgssapi-krb5-2 > Version: 1.15-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: violates policy section 8.2 > > libgssapi-krb5-2 is a shared library package and contains > /etc/gss/mech.d/README. The latter filename

Bug#861218: libgssapi-krb5-2: soname-independent files in shared library package (policy 8.2)

Package: libgssapi-krb5-2 Version: 1.15-1 Severity: serious Justification: violates policy section 8.2 libgssapi-krb5-2 is a shared library package and contains /etc/gss/mech.d/README. The latter filename does not depend on the soname of the library and thus does not change when the soname