On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 10:34:31PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 01:14:14AM +0000, Regis Boudin wrote: > > Package: kdepim > > Version: 3.5.0-5 > > Severity: grave > > > Trying to build a snapshot of tellico, it FTBS because of a > > missing /usr/lib/libXft.la file. I tried to rebuild the latest version > > of tellico with pbuilder, which also failed with the same error. > > > All the .la files from the kdepim dev packages > > reference /usr/lib/libXft.la, if the build was done with libxft-dev << > > 2.1.8. However, the file was removed last week with xft 2.1.8.2-1, > > making the packages linking against any of the kdepim libs FTBFS, hence > > the grave severity. > > i386 if affected, but some arches are not, such as i64. > > > I tried rebuilding kdepim and installing the generated packages, and I > > could successfully build tellico. > > > > I am not sure if the solution is to rebuild kdepim with the new xft, or > > include libXft.la back, so I CC the xft maintainer, but something needs > > to be done. > > Given that xft also supports pkg-config, AFAICT there's no specific reason > that libxft-dev should need to include libXft.la anymore. The important > thing is to know whether or not it's coming back, or whether we should > requeue kdepim for rebuilding.
If it's as simple as a rebuild, then just requeue kdepim for rebuilding. >From what I understand, the .pc files are superior to .la files, although if I'm wrong someone should feel free to correct me. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
