On 2022-12-26 22:28 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.115.3
> Severity: normal
>
> I get these warnings in ncurses' lib32* packages:
>
> ,----
> | W: lib32ncurses6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libform.so [usr/lib32/libform.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncurses6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libmenu.so [usr/lib32/libmenu.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncurses6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libncurses.so [lib32/libncurses.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncurses6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libpanel.so [usr/lib32/libpanel.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncursesw6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libformw.so [usr/lib32/libformw.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncursesw6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libmenuw.so [usr/lib32/libmenuw.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncursesw6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libncursesw.so [lib32/libncursesw.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32ncursesw6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libpanelw.so [usr/lib32/libpanelw.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32tinfo6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libtic.so [usr/lib32/libtic.so.6.3]
> | W: lib32tinfo6: lacks-unversioned-link-to-shared-library example:
> usr/lib32/libtinfo.so [lib32/libtinfo.so.6.3]
> `----
>
> All those symlinks exist in the lib32ncurses-dev package.
Bisection revealed that both this problem and the related one in
#1027040 were introduced in commit 6b922b209338 ("Do not insist on a
particular name for unversioned links to a shared library. (Closes:
#963099)").
Cheers,
Sven
