[Bug 1337898] [NEW] Invalid symlinks for libungif.so and libungif.a

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Impact
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libgif-dev in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS depends on libgif4 and has these symlinks:
/usr/lib/libungif.a -> libgif.a
/usr/lib/libungif.so -> libgif.so.4.1.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so -> libgif.so.4.1.6
/usr/lib/libungif.la -> libgif.la

libgif4 has these files:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so.4.1.6
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so.4 -> libgif.so.4.1.6

Only the 3rd symlink (the multiarch one) in libgif-dev is correct. The
others are dangling.

This was caused by an obsolete debian/libgif-dev.links

Test Case
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Verify that libgif-dev only includes the one working symlink:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgif.so -> libgif.so.4.1.6

Regression Potential
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None, just removing some dangling symlinks that couldn't work any way.

Original Bug Report
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In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on x86_64 I am experiencing the following bug in libgif-dev 4.1.6-11:

Symbol links for libungif.a, libungif.la, and libungif.so are created in
/usr/lib that point to libgif.a, libgif.la and libgif.so.4.1.6
respectively. However, these files are not in /usr/lib but in
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu. Therefore, the symbol links are invalid.

I suggest fixing this by placing the symbol links in the same directory
as the target files.

** Affects: giflib (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: giflib (Ubuntu Trusty)
     Importance: Low
         Status: Triaged


** Tags: trusty
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Invalid symlinks for libungif.so and libungif.a
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1337898
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