arch-dep-package-has-big-usr-share
The package has a significant amount of architecture-independent
data (over 4MB, or over 2MB and more than 50% of the package) in
/usr/share
but is an architecture-dependent package. This is
wasteful of mirror space and bandwidth since it means distributing
multiple copies of this data, one for each architecture.
If the data in /usr/share
is not architecture-independent, this
is a Policy violation that should be fixed by moving the data elsewhere
(usually /usr/lib
).
For more information please consult:
- Debian Developer's Reference section 6.7.5
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163
.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.111.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit ce6249d. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check huge-usr-share.
Visibility: info