Bug#374664: lablgtk2: FTBFS: Unsatisfiable Build-Depends on obsolete xlibs
Samuel Mimram <samuel.mimram@ens-lyon.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Daniel Schepler wrote:
>> Package: lablgtk2
>> Version: 2.6.0-5
>> Severity: serious
>>
>> From my pbuilder build log:
>>
>> ...
>> Installing the build-deps
>> -> Attempting to parse the build-deps : pbuilder-satisfydepends,v 1.28 2006/05/30 23:45:45 dancer Exp $
>> -> Considering debhelper (>> 3.0.0)
>> -> Trying debhelper
>> -> Considering ocaml (>= 3.09.2)
>> -> Trying ocaml
>> -> Considering libncurses5-dev
>> -> Trying libncurses5-dev
>> -> Considering xlibs | xlib6g
>> -> Trying xlibs
>> -> Cannot install xlibs; apt errors follow:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> Package xlibs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>> is only available from another source
>> E: Package xlibs has no installation candidate
>> -> Trying xlib6g
>> -> Cannot install xlib6g; apt errors follow:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree... Done
>> E: Couldn't find package xlib6g
>> W: Unable to locate package xlib6g
>> E: Could not satisfy build-dependency.
>> E: pbuilder-satisfydepends failed.
>
> The dependency on xlibs is apparently unnecessary, it builds fine with
> pbuilder without it. I don't know why it was pulled in. Julien, do you?
>
> I'll upload a corrected version soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Samuel.
I assume that it uses some of the X headers, data structures or types
directly. In that case one should depend on the package containing
those definitions. What happens now is that they are also pulled in
indirectly by some gtk package so the build succeeds.
You should check the code for any direct use of X definitions and then
include the respective package in Build-Depends. But only a code audit
will tell you that (and many people don't bother to get Build-Depends
that correct).
MfG
Goswin
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