Bug#927220: lintian: Please detect and warn about libs exporting common symbols

tags 927220 + moreinfo thanks Hi Niels, > Packages should *not* export strlcpy (or other common symbols) simply > because they happen to use an embedded compat version of the symbol. How can we detect this incorrect export in Lintian? Best wishes, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb

Bug#927220: lintian: Please detect and warn about libs exporting common symbols

Package: lintian Version: 2.9.1 Severity: wishlist Hi, We discovered that libqb was accidentially exporting symbols such as strlcat and strlcpy, which are implemented in libbsd. Packages should *not* export strlcpy (or other common symbols) simply because they happen to use an embeeded compat ve