Debian Bug report logs - #19523
dpkg-shlibdeps seems to have trouble with symlinks

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From: Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com>

To: Debian Bugs <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: dpkg-shlibdeps seems to have trouble with symlinks

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 21:04:25 -0500

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

dpkg-shlibdeps doesn't seem to recognize some library files when they
are symlinks.

dragon:/var/lib/dpkg/info> dpkg-shlibdeps /usr/lib/netscape/netscape 
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 not found.
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 not found.
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 not found.
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXmu.so.6 not found.
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXext.so.6 not found.
dpkg: /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 not found.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXt.so.6 (libXt.so.6)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (libSM.so.6)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (libICE.so.6)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXmu.so.6 (libXmu.so.6)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libXext.so.6 (libXext.so.6)
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: could not find any packages for /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (libX11.so.6)

dragon:/var/lib/dpkg/info> cat xlib6.shlibs 
libICE  6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libPEX5 6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libSM   6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libX11  6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXIE  6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXaw  6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXext 6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXi   6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXmu  6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXt   6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)
libXtst 6 xlib6 (>= 3.3-0)

dragon:/var/lib/dpkg/info> dir /usr/lib/libc5-compat/
libICE.so.6@          libXaw.so.6@          libXpm.so.4@          libjpeg.so.6a@        libvga.so.1@
libICE.so.6.3*        libXaw.so.6.1*        libXpm.so.4.10        libjpeg.so.6a.0.0     libvga.so.1.2.13*
libPEX5.so.6@         libXext.so.6@         libXt.so.6@           libpng.so.0@          libvgagl.so.1@
libPEX5.so.6.0*       libXext.so.6.3*       libXt.so.6.0*         libpng.so.0.96        libvgagl.so.1.2.13*
libSM.so.6@           libXi.so.6@           libXtst.so.6@         libstdc++.so.27@      libz.so.1@
libSM.so.6.0*         libXi.so.6.0*         libXtst.so.6.1*       libstdc++.so.27.2.1*  libz.so.1.0.4*
libX11.so.6@          libXmu.so.6@          libdf.so.4.0@         libtcl7.6.so.1*
libX11.so.6.1*        libXmu.so.6.0*        libdf.so.4.0.2        libtiff.so.3@
libXIE.so.6@          libXp.so.6@           libg++.so.27@         libtiff.so.3.4.037
libXIE.so.6.0*        libXp.so.6.2*         libg++.so.27.2.1*     libtk4.2.so.1*


                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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