Bug#605752: FTBFS: lacks Build-Depends on libxext-dev

[Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 04:53:38PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> (02/12/2010):
> > 	  CC     Cursor.lo
> > 	In file included from ../../src/Xfixesint.h:34,
> > 			 from ../../src/Cursor.c:48:
> > 	/usr/include/X11/extensions/xfixesproto.h:51:34: error: X11/extensions/shape.h: No such file or directory
> 
> what's your version of x11proto-fixes-dev? With the version in
> squeeze, we have the following includes, and the following
> dependencies:
> | $ git grep '#include'
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/Xmd.h>
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/extensions/xfixeswire.h>
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/extensions/shapeconst.h>
> and:
> | Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, x11proto-core-dev, x11proto-xext-dev (>= 7.0.99.1)
> 
> 
> Looking at the version we had in lenny:
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/Xmd.h>
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/extensions/xfixeswire.h>
> | xfixesproto.h:#include <X11/extensions/shape.h>
> 
> but shape.h got renamed to shapeconst.h, so I suspect you're running a
> proto package from lenny and one from squeeze, which explains the
> issue you're having. Upgrade your system to squeeze and that's going
> to be fine.

Now I have a bit better understanding how X11 dependencies are managed.
However I can't find a way how the apropriate libxext-dev would be
installed.

> Not a bug in libxfixes at any rate, closing accordingly.
> 
> Thanks for your bug report.

As you wish.



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