#1136785 libpicohttpparser1: dpkg is loosing accounting of /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1 on installation

Package:
libpicohttpparser1
Source:
libpicohttpparser1
Submitter:
Alexandre Detiste
Date:
2026-05-16 06:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1136785#5
Date:
2026-05-15 20:20:58 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

When libpicohttpparser1 is installed, I'm getting a "mysterious"
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1 file that neither
dpkg nor the debian website knows about
https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/libpicohttpparser1/filelist

I got tipped of this be my cruft-ng tool that check for files unknow to dpkg.

That is just so weird :/
I'd be glad if you figured out why this happens.

Greetings

Alexandre


$ dpkg -L libpicohttpparser1
/.
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1.2+ds
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/libpicohttpparser1
/usr/share/doc/libpicohttpparser1/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/doc/libpicohttpparser1/copyright
/usr/share/lintian
/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/libpicohttpparser1
$ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1
dpkg-query: aucun chemin ne correspond à /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1
$ ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 15 mai 22:16 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1 -> libpicohttpparser.so.1.2+ds
$ sudo cruft
cruft report: ven 15 mai 2026 22:16:44
---- missing: dpkg ----
        /etc/apparmor.d/disable
---- unexplained: / ----
        /etc/apt/preferences.d/tchet
        /etc/icedtea-web
        /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/colorclass/py.typed
        /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/omg/__init__.pyi
        /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/omg/py.typed
        /usr/lib/systemd/user/cron-user-mail@.service
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpicohttpparser.so.1   <----------

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#1136785#10
Date:
2026-05-15 20:58:06 UTC
From:
To:
Am Freitag, dem 15.05.2026 um 22:20 +0200 schrieb Alexandre Detiste:

After installing the package an activate-noawait ldconfig trigger has
creates the libpicohttpparser.so.1 symlink. This is something that the
debuild toolchain is doing automatically, so I think there is no need
to do it explicitly. Unfortunately I do not understand why this is
happening myself.

Sincerely,
Joachim
#1136785#15
Date:
2026-05-15 21:33:56 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

I think you cannot use DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM as is as it will contain "+ds"

d/rules needs more sed-fu to cut of at "1.2"

Le ven. 15 mai 2026 à 23:00, Joachim Zobel <jzobel@heute-morgen.de> a écrit :
Debian is indeed very hard to break, full of safeties.
#1136785#20
Date:
2026-05-16 06:48:28 UTC
From:
To:
Am Freitag, dem 15.05.2026 um 23:33 +0200 schrieb Alexandre Detiste:

This is a weirdness and will be fixed.

Not sure, but in my opinion it is not  safety but the usual way to do
this.

Sincerely,
Joachim