#1106803 liblxc-common: statically linked against glibc without a Built-Using: field

Package:
liblxc-common
Source:
liblxc-common
Description:
Linux Containers userspace tools (library)
Submitter:
Aurelien Jarno
Date:
2025-05-30 13:21:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1106803#5
Date:
2025-05-29 20:53:27 UTC
From:
To:
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.

Regards
Aurelien

[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#additional-source-packages-used-to-build-the-binary-built-using

#1106803#10
Date:
2025-05-30 09:59:20 UTC
From:
To:
control: tag -1 + patch

Hi,

Please find attached a patch to fix that.

Regards
Aurelien

#1106803#17
Date:
2025-05-30 13:19:31 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lxc, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1106803@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mathias Gibbens <gibmat@debian.org> (supplier of updated lxc package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 12:58:12 +0000
Source: lxc
Architecture: source
Version: 1:6.0.4-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: pkg-lxc <pkg-lxc-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Mathias Gibbens <gibmat@debian.org>
Closes: 1106803
Changes:
 lxc (1:6.0.4-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Aurelien Jarno ]
   * Add missing Built-Using to liblxc-common (Closes: #1106803)
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