Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 11:48 +0100, Héctor Orón Martínez wrote: > Package: libusbip-dev > Version: 2.0+4.4-4 > Severity: important > > Hello, > > The source package linux-tools builds libusbip-dev which contains: > /usr/lib/libusbip.la > Then contents of such file contain dependency library information: > # Libraries that this one depends upon. > dependency_libs=' -lwrap -ludev' > > LA files are to be removed (or at least emptied) per release goal: > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/LAFileRemoval > > I am setting severity important, but feel free to raise if you > believe this has higher severity impact.
I think I understand why this is a problem for libraries that support dynamic linking, but in libusbip-dev I deliberately only support static linking as I don't believe the ABI is stable. In that case I would have thought that listing dependencies in the .la file was harmless. Also, are we *really* supposed to run sed over the generated .la file rather than fixing it at source or having debhelper do it? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
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