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package-placeholder-in-symbols-file

The symbols file contains the placeholder #PACKAGE# in the Build-Depends-Package field. During the build process, it will be replaced with the wrong value. There is no placeholder that works.

The development package for your shared library must be stated explicitly.

With the information, dpkg-shlibdeps(1) can calculate the installation prerequisites for your package from the build prerequisites.

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 2.111.0 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 debian/symbols.

Visibility: warning

The following 4 source packages in the archive triggered the tag 35 times (in any Lintian version).

We found 35 overrides. The tag performed 0% of the time.