Re: Bug#264403: rpvm: FTBFS m68k: /usr/lib/pvm3/conf/LINUXR68R.def: No such file or directory

["Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>]

[Cc-ing debian-release to reach an RM; please keep the discussion on the bug
 as I'm not subscribed to -release.]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 09:21:34AM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>> But when there is no shared one, the static one is used, which simply does
>> not work; this is not pvm's fault. The rpvm configure script assumes that if
> Sure is pvm's fault: You are violating Policy by not providing a shared lib.

*sigh* This is obviously hard. Let me summarize:

- rpvm should NOT check for a static library if it cannot use a static
  library. This is a bug in rpvm upstream.
- pvm should build a shared library for libgpvm3 as of Debian policy (but see
  below).

> Please provide a shared library.

Would an RM please step in here and assist? To summarize: rpvm refuses to
work with static PVM libraries on some (non-i386) platforms. (Due to an rpvm
bug, it does not detect this at configure time; this works by accident on
i386 and some other platforms but fails on others.) PVM upstream only
provides static libraries; Debian PVM has provided a shared libpvm3 for ages
but no shared libgpvm3. I am rather reluctant to hacking a shared libgpvm3
into a build system I am not intimately familiar with before sarge (I have
not maintained pvm all that long), even though lack of shared libraries is a
policy violation (or at least so it seems), as this has obviously been OK
with the world for ~3-4 years, and I don't want to possibly break pvm for
sarge.

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