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diff --git a/tags/g/gir-missing-typelib-dependency.tag b/tags/g/gir-missing-typelib-dependency.tag new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b467b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/tags/g/gir-missing-typelib-dependency.tag @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Tag: gir-missing-typelib-dependency +Severity: warning +Check: desktop/gnome/gir +Explanation: Development packages that contain GObject-Introspection XML files + (<code>/usr/share/gir-1.0/Foo-23.gir</code>) must depend on the package + containing the corresponding binary typelib, which is conventionally named + <code>gir1.2-foo-23</code>. The dependency must be strictly versioned + (for example <code>gir1.2-foo-23 (= ${binary:Version})</code> when using + debhelper). + . + If multiple typelibs are shipped in the same package, then that package + should have versioned <code>Provides</code> for the names that would have been + used for separate packages. In this case, Lintian does not emit this tag + when a group of binary packages from the same source is checked together. + . + For example, <code>libgtk-3-dev</code> contains <code>Gtk-3.0.gir</code>, + <code>Gdk-3.0.gir</code> and <code>GdkX11-3.0.gir</code>. + <code>gir1.2-gtk-3.0</code> contains all three corresponding typelibs, + so it is sufficient for <code>libgtk-3-dev</code> to depend on + <code>gir1.2-gtk-3.0</code>. Giving <code>gir1.2-gtk-3.0</code> <code>Provides</code> + entries for <code>gir1.2-gdk-3.0 (= ${binary:Version})</code> + and <code>gir1.2-gdkx11-3.0 (= ${binary:Version})</code> signals this + situation to Lintian. +See-Also: + /usr/share/doc/gobject-introspection/policy.txt |