libarpack2-dbg needs strict versioned dependency on libarpack2

[Steve Langasek]

lintian generates the following warnings for this source package:

 W: libarpack2-dev: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink
 W: libarpack2-dbg: debian-changelog-file-is-a-symlink

The second of these is definitely a problem, because libarpack2-dbg only depends on libarpack2, not on libarpack2 (= ${binary:Version}). This is a problem for two reasons. First, it means that /usr/share/doc/libarpack2-dbg/changelog.Debian.gz may point to a changelog which doesn't match the version of the package that's installed. Second, it means that the debug symbols installed in libarpack2-dbg are *not* guaranteed to match the libarpack2 on the system, which would make them completely unusable.

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

Both packages do not install nor ship any symlinks for files or directories in /usr/share/doc.

http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/libarpack2-dbg/filelist

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

The problem is self-produced in Ubuntus CDBS. Fix it or make the necessary changes to the Ubuntu package of arpack to handle this design.

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

Sorry, I should read it more carefully. You are right. Fixing right now strict version dependency. Will upload in a few minutes, then you can sync.

[Daniel Leidert (dleidert-deactivatedaccount)]

Uploaded.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package arpack - 2.1+parpack96-7

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arpack (2.1+parpack96-7) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Daniel Leidert ]
  * debian/control (Depends): libarpack2-dbg needs a strict versioned
    dependency on libarpack2 (LP: #206294).

  [ Rafael Laboissiere ]
  * debian/control: Force build-dependency on gfortran to be >= 4.3.0-3.
    In previous versions of this package, the /usr/lib/libgfortran.so
    symlink was lacking on alpha, amd64, i386, and hppa, resulting in an
    empty libarpack2 package on these architectures (closes: #474342).

arpack (2.1+parpack96-6) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Rafael Laboissiere ]
  * debian/control: Add versioned build-dependency on debhelper >= 5 and
    make Lintian happy

  [ Daniel Leidert (dale) ]
  * debian/control (Depends): libarpack2-dbg needs a strict versioned
    dependency on libarpack2 (LP: #206294).

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