diff -Nru click-reviewers-tools-0.34/clickreviews/cr_lint.py click-reviewers-tools-0.34/clickreviews/cr_lint.py
--- click-reviewers-tools-0.34/clickreviews/cr_lint.py	2015-10-09 20:16:30.000000000 +0000
+++ click-reviewers-tools-0.34/clickreviews/cr_lint.py	2015-10-10 06:22:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -487,9 +487,50 @@
         n = self._get_check_name('external_symlinks')
         s = 'OK'
 
+        common = '(-[0-9.]+)?\.so(\.[0-9.]+)?'
+        libc6_libs = ['ld-*.so',
+                      'libanl',
+                      'libBrokenLocale',
+                      'libc',
+                      'libcidn',
+                      'libcrypt',
+                      'libdl',
+                      'libmemusage',
+                      'libm',
+                      'libnsl',
+                      'libnss_compat',
+                      'libnss_dns',
+                      'libnss_files',
+                      'libnss_hesiod',
+                      'libnss_nisplus',
+                      'libnss_nis',
+                      'libpcprofile',
+                      'libpthread',
+                      'libresolv',
+                      'librt',
+                      'libSegFault',
+                      'libthread_db',
+                      'libutil',
+                      ]
+        libc6_pats = []
+        for lib in libc6_libs:
+            libc6_pats.append(re.compile(r'%s%s' % (lib, common)))
+        libc6_pats.append(re.compile(r'ld-*.so$'))
+        libc6_pats.append(re.compile(r'ld-linux-*.so\.[0-9.]+$'))
+
+        def _in_patterns(pats, f):
+            for pat in pats:
+                if pat.search(f):
+                    return True
+            return False
+
         external_symlinks = list(filter(lambda link: not
                                  os.path.realpath(link).startswith(
-                                     self.unpack_dir), self.pkg_files))
+                                     self.unpack_dir) and
+                                 not _in_patterns(libc6_pats,
+                                                  os.path.basename(link)),
+                                 self.pkg_files))
+
         if external_symlinks:
             t = 'error'
             s = 'package contains external symlinks: %s' % \
@@ -846,6 +887,8 @@
                             t = 'error'
                             s = "Hardcoded path '%s' found in '%s'." % (
                                 bad_path, full_fn)
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    pass
                 except UnicodeDecodeError:
                     pass
         self._add_result(t, n, s)
diff -Nru click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/bzr-builder.manifest click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/bzr-builder.manifest
--- click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2015-10-09 20:16:31.000000000 +0000
+++ click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2015-10-10 06:22:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}-0~524
-lp:click-reviewers-tools revid:jamie@ubuntu.com-20151009200149-1xhiz868qvyuzf4d
+# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}-0~526
+lp:click-reviewers-tools revid:jamie@ubuntu.com-20151009221421-2ajmcno90f3t13t4
diff -Nru click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/changelog click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/changelog
--- click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/changelog	2015-10-09 20:16:31.000000000 +0000
+++ click-reviewers-tools-0.34/debian/changelog	2015-10-10 06:22:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
-click-reviewers-tools (0.34-0~524~ubuntu14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low
+click-reviewers-tools (0.34-0~526~ubuntu14.04.1) trusty; urgency=low
 
   * Auto build.
 
- -- Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 09 Oct 2015 20:16:31 +0000
+ -- Daniel Holbach <daniel.holbach@ubuntu.com>  Sat, 10 Oct 2015 06:22:37 +0000
 
 click-reviewers-tools (0.34) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   [ Jamie Strandboge ]
   * multiple 'desktop' hooks should only be 'info' these days (LP: #1496402)
   * verify snaps that use 'bus-name' are of 'type: framework'
-  * snappy package.yaml defaults to 'architectures' and 'architecture' is
-    deprecated. Adjust and add a warning for deprecation.
-  * arm64 is a valid architecture now
+  * clickreviews/cr_lint.py:
+    - snappy package.yaml defaults to 'architectures' and 'architecture' is
+      deprecated. Adjust and add a warning for deprecation.
+    - arm64 is a valid architecture now
+    - don't warn on libc6 libraries with check_external_symlinks
+    - don't traceback on broken symlinks when checking for hardcoded paths
+      (LP: #1502962)
   * clickreviews/cr_security.py: don't complain about missing AppArmor
     template vars if we detect this is unconfined boilerplate policy
 
- -- Jamie Strandboge <jamie@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:28:13 -0500
+ -- Jamie Strandboge <jamie@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:07:28 -0500
 
 click-reviewers-tools (0.33) wily; urgency=medium