Hello Debian-policy, I would propose to forbid improper rpath in binaries.
Looking here I see 3 cases: <http://lintian.debian.org/reports/Tbinary-or-shlib-defines-rpath.html> 1) rpath to /usr/lib/<dir>/: this is probably OK at least if the libraries in /usr/lib/<dir>/ are shipped in the same package (10.2. par 6-7). 2) rpath to /usr/lib and to /usr/X11R6/lib: this is useless and can cause problem we move /usr/X11R6/lib to /usr/lib or /usr/lib to /lib (hurd). This has been deprecated since the libc6 transition. 3) rpath to the build environment: this can be a security hole on a system where per chance the path lead to a user writable directory. So I would propose for policy explicitly forbid 2) and 3). Opinions ? Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
