[pkg-lxc-devel] Bug#1106803: liblxc-common: statically linked against glibc without a Built-Using: field

Aurelien Jarno aurel32 at debian.org
Fri May 30 10:59:20 BST 2025


control: tag -1 + patch

Hi,

On 2025-05-29 22:53, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> Package: liblxc-common
> Version: 1:5.0.2-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 7.8
> 
> Dear maintainer,
> 
> The liblxc-common package provides /usr/sbin/init.lxc.static which is
> statically linked against glibc.
> 
> glibc is mostly is mostly licensed under the LGPL, which requires that
> the full source code of the incorporating binary package be made
> available. According to Debian Policy §7.8 [1] such a binary package
> MUST list the glibc source package (and possibly others) in the
> Built-Using: field.

Please find attached a patch to fix that.

Regards
Aurelien

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Aurelien Jarno                          GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B
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