Hey Christoph et al.,
> > The more I think about it, the more I think this is a misleading
> > and non-intuitive misfeature of file.
[…]
> > Any thoughts before I essentially re-assign this?
>
> Rather somehow deal with it?
Whilst I understand what you mean here, the problem is a little
more
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On Sun, Apr 29, 2018 at 01:01:08PM +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Maintainer of the file package here - feel free to Cc me early, this
> might or might not ease things.
Since you are the maintainer…, let me suggest you next time try to test
src:lintian and src:diffoscope
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Maintainer of the file package here - feel free to Cc me early, this
might or might not ease things.
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Chris Lamb wrote...
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> Chris Lamb wrote:
>
> > > This is caused by library having executable bits set, which is how the
> > > pie executable vs
Hi Chris,
On 26-04-18 09:41, Chris Lamb wrote:
> Any thoughts before I essentially re-assign this?
No, I am too ignorant on the details of shared libraries and such.
Paul
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Chris Lamb wrote:
> > This is caused by library having executable bits set, which is how the
> > pie executable vs shared object check in file works.
[…]
> FYI for confirmation of the executable bits:
The more I think about it, the more I think this is a
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Control: found -1 2.5.83
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 09:32:33PM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Source: lintian
> Version: 2.5.84
> Severity: normal
> User: debian...@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: needs-update
>
> With the upload of version 1:5.33-1 of file, the autopkgtest
Hi Paul,
> I was told on IRC that the thing file has to detect the delta is if the
> file is executable. Has your test .so an executable bit set?
Yes. Deliberately, it seems:
https://bugs.debian.org/896840#22
(This is kinda non-intuitive and kinda broken of file to do such
things, but I'm
Hi Chris,
On 25-04-18 10:44, Chris Lamb wrote:
>> The first change is caused by changed behavior in file regarding
>> application/x-sharedlib vs application/x-pie-executable².
>
> Hm, file appears to be recognising a .so as as "pie executable".
I was told on IRC that the thing file has to
Hi Doug,
> This is caused by library having executable bits set, which is how the
> pie executable vs shared object check in file works.
Oh..! Hm, okay, just pondering what this means for Lintian. We seem
to be doing this deliberately in the testsuite:
This is caused by library having executable bits set, which is how the
pie executable vs shared object check in file works.
-dwfreed
Hi Paul,
> With the upload of version 1:5.33-1 of file, the autopkgtest of
> lintian¹ started to fail with the error copied below.
Indeed, we are now seeing in our CI system:
https://jenkins.debian.net/job/lintian-tests_sid/2832
> The first change is caused by changed behavior in file
Source: lintian
Version: 2.5.84
Severity: normal
User: debian...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: needs-update
With the upload of version 1:5.33-1 of file, the autopkgtest of
lintian¹ started to fail with the error copied below. The first
change is caused by changed behavior in file regarding
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