Hi Dimitrios, I was trying to build your package from git (on deb-science) to check the issue. But it fails to build at the last stage:
================= @@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ fl_XdndURIList@Base 2.1.2 fl_access@Base 2.1.2 fl_alphasort@Base 2.1.2 - fl_ascii_strcasecmp@Base 2.1.2 +#MISSING: 2.1.2-1# fl_ascii_strcasecmp@Base 2.1.2 fl_background_pixel@Base 2.1.2 fl_bg2@Base 2.1.2 fl_bg@Base 2.1.2 dh_makeshlibs: dpkg-gensymbols -plibmgl-wnd7.0.0 -Idebian/libmgl-wnd7.0.0.symbols -Pdebian/libmgl-wnd7.0.0 returned exit code 1 make: *** [binary] Error 1 ================= There are a lot of such errors. Please, give a link on your package Cheers, Anton On 02/14/2013 10:21 PM, Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos wrote: > Hello, > During packaging the latest upstream version 2.1.2 of mathgl, I came across > the following lintian error and description: > > E: mathgl: missing-dependency-on-libc needed by usr/bin/mgl.cgi and 2 others > N: > N: The listed file appears to be linked against the C library, but the > N: package doesn't depend on the C library package. Normally this indicates > N: that ${shlibs:Depends} was omitted from the Depends line for this > N: package in debian/control. > N: > N: All shared libraries and compiled binaries must be run through > N: dpkg-shlibdeps to find out any libraries they are linked against (often > N: via the dh_shlibdeps debhelper command). The package containing these > N: files must then depend on ${shlibs:Depends} in debian/control to get the > N: proper package dependencies for those libraries. > N: > N: Refer to Debian Policy Manual section 8.6 (Dependencies between the > N: library and other packages - the shlibs system) for details. > N: > N: Severity: serious, Certainty: possible > N: > N: Check: binaries, Type: binary, udeb > > However, ${shlibs:Depends} is included in the Depends field of the mathgl > binary package. Also, an attempt to include libc6 explicitely in the Depends > field of the mathgl binary package, cancelled the lintian error but raised a > lintian warning that this should not be done. > > Any suggestion on how to overcome this? > > Thanks > Dimitris > >
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