[Pkg-uml-pkgs] User Mode Linux Exception

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Hi,

On 04/16/2012 08:14 AM, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>> This upload was auto-rejected and that is understood.
>>
>> While we are working on it, I would like to have an exception allowed.
>> The current version of UML in the archive is way too old 2.6.32. The
>> current kernel (to be shipped with Wheezy also) is 3.2. If we don't
>> upload now, we will not get a good testing for UML. Or we might even
>> miss the window.
>> On Monday 02 April 2012 09:05 PM, Debian FTP Masters wrote:
[...]
>>> Reject Reasons:
>>> user-mode-linux: lintian output: 'binary-or-shlib-defines-rpath usr/bin/linux.uml /lib', automatically rejected package.
>>> user-mode-linux: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag.
>>> user-mode-linux: lintian output: 'embedded-library usr/bin/linux.uml: libpcap', automatically rejected package.
>>> user-mode-linux: If you have a good reason, you may override this lintian tag.

You can override these rejections yourself just like other lintian
warnings.  dak will not reject the package if you do so.

For the rpath issue you could of course also try the patch you mentioned
instead.

Please also add embedded code copies (libpcap) to the list at
http://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCodeCopies.

Regards,
Ansgar