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javalib-but-no-public-jars

The name of the package suggests that it contains a java library but it does not contain any JAR file in /usr/share/java, while the java policy mandates that JAR files outside /usr/share/java are for private use.

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 2.112.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 25e9483. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check languages/java.

Visibility: info

The following 64 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 65 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 8 overrides. The tag performed 88% of the time.

angular-maven-plugin

antlr3

antlr-maven-plugin

- # Jars for Maven plugins are only deployed in /usr/share/maven-repo

apache-curator

- # This package contains only the parent POM

apache-pom

aspectj-maven-plugin

- # Maven plugins should only put jars in /usr/share/maven-repo

avro-java

- # Maven plugins don't need to install a jar in /usr/share/java

biojava4-live

biojava-live

build-helper-maven-plugin

clojure-maven-plugin

coda

commons-parent

cortado

db-defaults

exec-maven-plugin

gettext-maven-plugin

hawtjni

jarjar-maven-plugin

javacc-maven-plugin

jaxe

jglobus

knopflerfish-osgi

libjibx1.2-java

libnb-platform18-java

- # This is a library package in the sense that it doesn't by itself provide an application. But the jar files don't live in /usr/share/java since they are specific to the NetBeans platform and need to live in a "cluster"
- # This is a library package in the sense that it doesn't by itself provide an application. But the jar files don't live in /usr/share/java since they are specific to the NetBeans platform and need to live in a "cluster"