Andreas Moog <am...@ubuntu.com> writes: > On 07/11/2011 08:17 PM, Olaf Dietsche wrote: > >>> I didn't look into your package, but still having an empty >>> dependency_libs entry is important for multiarch support. According to >>> http://release.debian.org/~aba/la/current.txt (which is linked from >>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/05/msg01003.html) xmlsec1 is >>> OK, so you should really clean this entry in your libgeier.la. >> >> I don't understand this either. >> >> If xmlsec1 is ok and libtool copies these dependencies into libgeier.la, >> why is it an error for libgeier to include this information, but not for >> xmlsec1? > > If you look at libxmlsec1-dev you will notice that the dependencies_libs > entry is empty, as it should be.
$ dpkg -l 'libxmlsec1*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=================-=================-================================================== ii libxmlsec1 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 XML security library ii libxmlsec1-dev 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 Development files for the XML security library ii libxmlsec1-gnutls 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 Gnutls engine for the XML security library ii libxmlsec1-nss 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 Nss engine for the XML security library ii libxmlsec1-openss 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 Openssl engine for the XML security library $ grep dependency_libs= /usr/lib/libxmlsec1*.la /usr/lib/libxmlsec1-gnutls.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1.la /usr/lib/libgnutls.la /usr/lib/libxslt.la -lm /usr/lib/libxml2.la' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libxslt.la -lm /usr/lib/libxml2.la' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1-nss.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1.la -lnss3 -lnssutil3 -lsmime3 -lssl3 -lplds4 -lplc4 -lnspr4 -lpthread -ldl /usr/lib/libxslt.la -lm /usr/lib/libxml2.la' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1-openssl.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libxmlsec1.la -lssl -lcrypto /usr/lib/libxslt.la -lm /usr/lib/libxml2.la' >> If this is a bug for libgeier, libtool shouldn't copy these >> dependencies in the first place. >> >> And if an empty dependency_libs entry is important for multiarch >> support, why is it important for libgeier, but not for xmlsec1? > > It's important for ALL packages to either ship no la-file at all (if no > other package references it) OR to have at least an empty > dependencies_libs entry in the la-file. libxmlsec1-dev's la-file is > empty, libgeier's isn't. If libxmlsec1-dev's were empty, we wouldn't discuss this matter for libgeier. Regards, Olaf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkkkh9eo....@rat.lan
