[Pkg-pascal-devel] wattsi - how to fix lintian error "statically-linked-binary"

[Fab Stz]

Hello,

Could someone of the pascal team please answer to my packaging question below?

Regards
Fab

Le dimanche 12 avril 2026, 11:51:16 heure d’été d’Europe centrale Fab Stz a écrit :
> Dear team,
> 
> I'm trying to package "wattsi" but lintian complains that the binary is statically linked:
> 
> E: wattsi: statically-linked-binary [usr/bin/wattsi]
> 
> I'm struggling at making it dynamically linked.
> 
> I've also seen that a few packages that are already in the archive have this error and have been accepted:
> https://udd.debian.org/lintian/?email1=&email2=&email3=&packages=&all_packages=on&ignpackages=&format=html&lt_error=on&lt_warning=on&lintian_tag=statically-linked-binary#all
> 
> Any clue? Is this something well known for pascal based sources? Can it pass NEW even with this "statically-linked-binary" error?
> 
> Repo: https://salsa.debian.org/bastif/wattsi/
> 
> Please keep me in copy of your reply.
> 
> BTW, if you believe the package is in good shape, would you sponsor it?
> 
> Regards
> Fab