Bug#715104: Re: [pcp] Bug#715104: Broken library symlink detected in libpcp-trace2-dev

[Dave Steele <dsteele@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:22 AM, Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Apologies David, thunderbird decided that a reply to list should not include
> you ... but this was principally for you.
>

I'm replying to the bug.

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pcp] Bug#715104: Broken library symlink detected in
> libpcp-trace2-dev
> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:20:33 +1000
> From: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On 06/07/13 15:01, David Steele wrote:
>>
>> Package: libpcp-trace2-dev
>> Version: 3.8.0
>> Severity: serious
>> User: debian-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Usertags: piuparts, broken-symlink, broken-symlink-shared-library
>>
>
> David, I am a little confused by this.
>
> ... the issue you've raised simply the missing dependency to prevent
> libpcp-trace2-dev being installed without libpcp-trace2 being installed?
>

I believe that is correct.

> I suspect this is the case because in practice no one is going to
> install libpcp-trace2-dev without installing libpcp-trace2 which is why
> we've never had a problem report about this in the past.
>

Fair enough, but piuparts doesn't know that (and BTW it's really easy
to fix). The broken symlink test can catch important problems, but it
is only useful if the results are not buried in chaff. There is
currently much chaff.

Piuparts.d.o has been ignoring broken symlinks for quite some time,
and the state of symlink handling in many packages reflects that. A
little friction is to be expected as the focus changes.