Bug#812723: lintian: package-contains-broken-symlink should look at dependencies

2016-01-25 Thread Sean Whitton
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.40.2 Severity: normal Dear maintainers, package-contains-broken-symlink gives a false positive when a package contains a symlink to a file provided by another package, even when the package with the warning depends on the package providing the target of the symlink.

Bug#812723: lintian: package-contains-broken-symlink should look at dependencies

2016-01-25 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Mon, 2016-01-25 at 21:19 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > package-contains-broken-symlink gives a false positive when a package > contains a symlink to a file provided by another package, even when the > package with the warning depends on the package providing the target of > the symlink. > > For

Bug#812723: lintian: package-contains-broken-symlink should look at dependencies

2016-01-26 Thread Sean Whitton
Dear Adam, On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 05:39:52AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > The tag description explicitly indicates that this is expected in the > situation you describe. I know. I was under the impression, though, that all false positives are considered Lintian bugs. -- Sean Whitton sign

Bug#812723: lintian: package-contains-broken-symlink should look at dependencies

2016-01-26 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 12:43 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > Dear Adam, > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 05:39:52AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > The tag description explicitly indicates that this is expected in the > > situation you describe. > > I know. I was under the impression, though, that all

Bug#812723: lintian: package-contains-broken-symlink should look at dependencies

2016-01-26 Thread Niels Thykier
Adam D. Barratt: > On Tue, 2016-01-26 at 12:43 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: >> Dear Adam, >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 05:39:52AM +, Adam D. Barratt wrote: >>> The tag description explicitly indicates that this is expected in the >>> situation you describe. >> >> I know. I was under the impress