Re: ia32-libs-dev build dependency vs. Ubuntu

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Gregor Jasny <gjasny@googlemail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm the maintainer of v4l-utils and ran into the following problem:
>
> The last v4l-utils Debian package added a build dependency to libjpeg,
> and because I also build 32bit libs on amd64 (for Skype) I had to add an
> build dependency on ia32-libs-dev (where libjpeg.so lives on Debian).

Don't build 32bit libs. The respective libs just need to be included in
ia32-libs itself. The only packages that should build 32bit libs are
those required to build the toolchain. And they need to be in
ia32-libs-core for ia64 as well.

What libs are those? Skype used to work fine with ia32-libs.

> But as far as I can see Ubuntu does not have this package. Here the
> libjpeg.so file is provided within the ia32-libs package.
>
> Do you know how I can express this within the control file?
>
> IMHO the Ubuntu ia32-libs package should provide the ia32-libs-dev
> dependency. But it seems not to be there.
>
> Personally I'd like to drop the 32bit packages and use multiarch. But
> this does not seem to be ready for prime time.
>
> Thanks,
> Gregor
>
> PS: Please CC I'm not subscribed

MfG
        Goswin