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odd-static-library-name

The package installs a static library under a strange name.

Some naming schemes make it harder to switch from static to dynamic building. On such example is to install archives with a name suffix such as libyajl_s.a.

Please reconsider the choice of the file name.

For more information please consult:

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 2.114.0 release tag in our Git repository.

You can find the detection logic for this version at commit 3410a22. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check libraries/static/name.

Visibility: warning

The following 2 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 3 times (in any Lintian version).

There were no overrides.