Subject: lintian: false-positive embedded-library libyaml due to matching string (defined in data/binaries/embedded-libs) with package rust-yaml-rust

From: Helen Koike <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:04:36 -0300

Package: lintian
Version: 2.15.0
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

In lintian/data/binaries/embedded-libs, the criterium to detect if a
library was linked statically against libyaml is to verify the string:

libyaml   ||(?m)^did not find expected <stream-start>

But this string is also found in package rust-yaml-rust.

This caused a false positive when packaging bat [1].

[1] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-rust-maintainers/2019-July/006335.html

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Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils                       2.32.51.20190707-1
ii  bzip2                          1.0.6-9.2
ii  diffstat                       1.62-1
ii  dpkg                           1.19.7
ii  dpkg-dev                       1.19.7
ii  file                           1:5.35-4
ii  gettext                        0.19.8.1-9
ii  gpg                            2.2.13-2
ii  intltool-debian                0.35.0+20060710.5
ii  libapt-pkg-perl                0.1.36+b1
ii  libarchive-zip-perl            1.64-1
ii  libcapture-tiny-perl           0.48-1
ii  libcgi-pm-perl                 4.40-1
ii  libclass-accessor-perl         0.51-1
ii  libclone-perl                  0.41-1+b1
pn  libdigest-sha-perl             <none>
ii  libdpkg-perl                   1.19.7
ii  libemail-valid-perl            1.202-1
ii  libfile-basedir-perl           0.08-1
ii  libio-async-perl               0.72-1
ii  libipc-run-perl                20180523.0-1
ii  liblist-moreutils-perl         0.416-1+b4
ii  libparse-debianchangelog-perl  1.2.0-13
ii  libpath-tiny-perl              0.108-1
ii  libtext-levenshtein-perl       0.13-1
ii  libtimedate-perl               2.3000-2
ii  libtry-tiny-perl               0.30-1
ii  liburi-perl                    1.76-1
ii  libxml-simple-perl             2.25-1
ii  libyaml-libyaml-perl           0.76+repack-1
ii  man-db                         2.8.5-2
ii  patchutils                     0.3.4-2
ii  perl                           5.28.1-6
ii  t1utils                        1.41-3
ii  xz-utils                       5.2.4-1

Versions of packages lintian recommends:
ii  libperlio-gzip-perl  0.19-1+b5

Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn  binutils-multiarch     <none>
ii  libhtml-parser-perl    3.72-3+b3
ii  libtext-template-perl  1.55-1

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