Bug#624776: different g++-, gcj-versions break pdftk

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

reassign 624776 pdftk
thanks

On 05/01/2011 04:31 PM, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Package: gcc-defaults
> Version: 4.6.0-5
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi,
>
> that g++ and gcj have different versions breaks the build of pdftk,

considering this a build issue in pdftk.

> see e.g.
> https://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=pdftk&ver=1.41%2Bdfsg-11%2Bb1&arch=powerpc&stamp=1304254757&file=log
>
>
> If fixing pdftk to just use the default version, it builds, but after
> startup the following error happens:
>
> $ pdftk
> libgcj failure: gcj linkage error.
> Incorrect library ABI version detected.  Aborting.
>
>
> So it seems to me this can either only be avoided with having g++ and
> gcj pointing to the same version, and/or explicitly depending on one
> version in the build-dependencies of pdftk (which I would consider
> more ugly - but YMMV).

please fix pdftk to build-depend on default-jdk, and don't use gcj explicitly.