Bug#56440: lintian: Should check for shlibs that with incorrect package name

Hi, On Tue, Apr 24, 2007, Russ Allbery wrote: [...] > totem-xine.shlibs:libtotem-basic plugin libtotem-plparser1 (>= 2.16.1) > totem-xine.shlibs:libtotem-complex plugin libtotem-plparser1 (>= 2.16.1) > totem-xine.shlibs:libtotem-gmp plugin libtotem-plparser1 (>= 2.16.1) > totem-xine.shlibs

Bug#56440: lintian: Should check for shlibs that with incorrect package name

On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:49:55PM -0700, Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > totem-xine is a bug. It's including plugins in /usr/lib/totem in its > shlibs file with bizarre SONAMEs. I'm not sure where the bug is, but I > think it's legitimate for lintian to complain about it. This becaus

Bug#56440: lintian: Should check for shlibs that with incorrect package name

Fixing a typo in the cc to debian-policy that caused the original to not reach there. This discussion is about a lintian check for packages that provide a shlibs file that lists a dependency on some other package. Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 04:21:46PM -0500,

Bug#56440: lintian: Should check for shlibs that with incorrect package name

On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 04:21:46PM -0500, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I can't see any reason a package would list any packages other than itself > > in its shlibs file. I suggest putting the check in, and if there are lots > > of packages doing this then we