Bug#175996: xlibs-pic: needs to provide more libraries

[Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org>]

On Die, 2003-01-14 at 02:04, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 02:02:26AM +0100, Michel D?nzer scrawled:
> > On Die, 2003-01-14 at 00:06, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > > In 4.3, all static libraries with no corresponding shared version are
> > > built with PIC anyway,
> > 
> > I know, but this is needed now, not whenever 4.3.0 packages happen to
> > enter the archive. I was hoping for this to make 4.2.1-5.
> 
> Why?
> 
> > > and the xlibs-pic package no longer exists. However, a change like this 
> > > would probably be too intrusive to bother with in 4.3. 
> > 
> > Huh? No change needed when they're built with -fPIC anyway?
> 
> Er, I meant "in 4.2".

I still don't know why this is intrusive at all. What's the difference
between the static only libs in xlibs-pic and the others?

> > > Xinerama isn't *desperately* needed.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if GNOME2 users with Xinerama would agree.
> 
> It can wait until 4.3, IMHO. What, by the way, is the problem?

Please read the bug I mentioned in the original report.


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