On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 02:02:21PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 10:25:57AM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > W: xext: shlib-without-dependency-information > > > usr/X11R6/lib/modules/xf86Jstk.so > > > > > I have always gotten this error. I don't know how to fix it, but it > > > doesn't seem to hurt anyone. > > > > Well, this isn't a shared library that's going to be linked to, so > > there should be a way to override lintian's behavior. > > Oh, I get it. The complaint's not about the file itself, but the absence > of mention in a shlibs file. Okay. Well, yeah, that should be overridden. > The only thing that uses those modules is the X server.
If you ask me, lintian should ignore files like this outside standard library directories (/lib, /usr/lib, /usr/X11R6/lib). They are almost always modules, eg netscape plugins, etc. -- Tom Lees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/ PGP Key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.lpsg.demon.co.uk/pgpkeys.asc.
