Reject mythtv 1:0.24.0+fixes27162-0ubuntu1

[Jamie Strandboge]

On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 17:06 -0600, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Jamie:
> 
> I was well aware of this being present but it's been that way for as
> far back as I can remember for libmyth* packages.  With several of
> those libraries in question, the code is ffmpeg code that benefits
> from the performance enhancement.  I would be happy to add an override
> and a note to Readme.Debian as necessary if that would suffice.
> 
> ffmpeg actually ships with an override in place, and the same build
> system is used for the mythtv contained ffmpeg:
> 
>     lintian override shlib-with-non-pic-codeshlib-with-non-pic-code
>     ==================================================================
> 
>     The lintian overrides for the non-pic shared libs error messages is not
>     really a matter of silencing lintian. The general idea is that the
>     override would serve as an indication that we know about the error
>     message and we're avoiding any bug reports or complaints by others about
>     the errors.
> 
>     We are aware that this override is too strict. It should only cover the
>     i386 architecture, as we know that the upstream build system will
>     produce PIC libraries where necessary. Only architectures like i386 will
>     be built non-PIC, mainly for performance reasons.
> 
>      -- Reinhard Tartler <siretart at tauware.de>, Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:08:55 +0200
> 
The policy states that the issue must be discussed in ubuntu-devel@ and
if -fPIC is not going to be used, then it be documented in
README.Debian. You are following the process here, which is good. In
looking at the comments in the bug[1] and the debdiff for
2:0.24.0+fixes.20101207.d3d2640-0ubuntu1 the issue is resolved for me
AFAIC. Thanks for tending to it.

> Lastly, this isn't nearly as strictly enforced with other packages,
> chromium's ffmpeg based package has the same error:
> 
>     #lintian /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium-codecs-ffmpeg_0.6+svn20100904r58574+58998-0ubuntu0.10.04.1_i386.deb
>     E: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg: shlib-with-non-pic-code usr/lib/chromium-browser/libffmpegsumo.so

Perhaps, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be enforcing it more
strictly. No -fPIC is a red flag and no supporting documentation in
README.Debian leads to confusion and wasted time IMO. Since this was
missed when chromium-codecs-ffmpeg was deNEWed, I have now filed a
bug[2] for it. Thanks for pointing this out.

[1]https://launchpad.net/bugs/684941
[2]https://launchpad.net/bugs/686638
-- 
Jamie Strandboge             | http://www.canonical.com
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