Bug#4943: dependancy problem.
> Package: mc
> Version: 3.2.1-1
>
> vincent:/root 25 :dpkg -i /tmp/mc_3.2.1-1.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package mc.
> (Reading database ... 22626 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking mc (from /tmp/mc_3.2.1-1.deb) ...
> Setting up mc (3.2.1-1) ...
>
> vincent:/root 26 :mc
> mc: can't load library 'libgpm.so.1'
> vincent:/root 27 :dpkg -l 'libgpm1'
The problem lies with a change in the gpm package: older versions of gpm
contained the gpm-libraries libgpm.so and libgpm.a. The last release of
gpm does not contain these anymore.
> ==> It looks like mc badly needs libgpm.so, but does not depend on it...
Maybe we should reassign this bugreport to gpm and make a gpm-dev package?
Wichert.
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