On 23/10/2012 09:37, Moritz von Schweinitz wrote:
> Thanks for that info - but it if I add Sif or Wheezy to my sources.list, and 
> try
> to apt-get install fprintd, i end up in an even worse dependency hell.
> 
> I like to run Debian Stable/Squeeze as much as I can - but for cases like
> installing something like fprintd, I dont mind having that package complied by
> hand or as an unstable package installed - but as far as i can see, it would
> seem impossible to do this in a clean way i need (the whole system using 
> stable,
> and ONLY this particular package unstable).

Hmm, looks like you're right. fprintd and libfprint were only introduced to
Debian after Squeeze was released, so you'll have to wait for the next Debian
release if you want a setup like that (or compile everything yourself).

> I cant seem to complie it by hand because of that GIO 2.26 dependancy (while i
> seem to have Debian's GIO 2.24.2 installed).
> 
> Hence, my question: does anybody know if fprintd REALLY needs GIO 2.26 for
> normal operation? I would volonteer to force it to use 2.24.2, but i admit to 
> my
> ignorance on where in the automake files this is enforced - so any pointers 
> how
> i can make ./configure ignore that requirement would be welcome, too.

There are some lines starting with PKG_CHECK_MODULES in configure.ac. Change the
one with gio-2.0 >= 2.26 listed in it, and then rerun autogen.sh.

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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