Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Samuel Mimram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 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. > > 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).
Well, I checked that it did build correctly without the the build-dep on xlibs | xlib6g before sending the mail. Moreover, notice that it did build-depend on *xlibs*, not xlibs-dev. I cannot understand why this should have been necessary. It's been there for quite a long time (possibly even before I started working on the package). Finally, this package is a binding for GTK2, so it's not so surprising that most the dependencies are pulled in by libgtk2.0-dev. I quickly did a grep for #includes and did not see anything directly related to X. Cheers, Samuel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
