non-empty-dependency_libs-in-la-file
All reports of non-empty-dependency_libs-in-la-file for the archive. The extended description of this tag is:
The dependency_libs field in the .la file has not been cleared. It has long been a release goal to get rid of unneeded .la files and clearing the dependency_libs field from the rest of them.
A non-empty dependency_libs field will also stall the Multi-Arch conversion.
The .la file in itself may be useful, if the library is loaded dynamically via libltdl.
Refer to http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/LAFileRemoval, http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/05/msg01003.html, and http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/05/msg01146.html for details.
Severity: serious, Certainty: certain
Check: shared-libs, Type: binary, udeb
Evolution of the non-empty-dependency_libs-in-la-file Lintian tag over the past 240 days:
The package names link to the relevant maintainer page and the corresponding report for the source package. The links go to the full maintainer report page, which includes info and experimental tags and overridden tags, rather than the default page that shows only errors and warnings.
debathena-libmoira-dev 4.0.0.3+51+g65d55c5-0debathena1~ubuntu12.04 (binary)
- usr/lib/libmoira.la
debathena-libmrclient-dev 4.0.0.3+51+g65d55c5-0debathena1~ubuntu12.04 (binary)
- usr/lib/libmrclient.la