libkpathsea3 incompatibility problem

[Julian Gilbey]

There's a major problem with the new tetex-* packages, and in
particular with the new libkpathsea3 package.  Because upstream broke
binary compatibility with previous versions (and as they have stated,
they are not yet supporting the building of libkpathsea as a shared
library), there are now several packages which are broken because of
this (all of which have been Bcc'd on this email):

$ grep-available -F Depends libkpathsea3 -s Package,Version,Depends
Package: lilypond
Version: 1.6.6-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libguile9 (>= 1:1.4-24), libkpathsea3 (>= 
1.0.7+20011202-8), libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (>= 1:2.95.4-15), tetex-bin (>= 
1.0.5-1), tetex-extra (>= 1.0-1), python, guile

Package: spawx11
Version: 1.2.4-3
Depends: dvilib2, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), 
libttf2, t1lib1, vflib3, xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

Package: vflib3
Version: 3.6.13-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libttf2, 
t1lib1, defoma

Package: ultrapoint
Version: 0.4-9
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libggi2 (>= 1:2.0.1-2), libgii0 (>= 1:0.8.1-1), 
libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-2), libttf2, libunicode0 
(>= 0.4.0-2), libxml1 (>= 1:1.8.14-3), t1lib1, vflib3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3), 
libggi-target

Package: libkpathsea-perl
Version: 3.3.1.10-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-7), perlapi-5.8.0, 
perl (>= 5.8.0-3), tetex-bin (>> 1.0)

Package: dvi2ps
Version: 3.2j-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 2.0-1), libttf2, vflib2 (>= 
2.25.1-1), tetex-base (>= 1.0.2), debconf

Package: dvilx
Version: 1:01.03-5.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-3), xlibs (>> 
4.1.0), tetex-bin

Package: ctie
Version: 1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-3)

Package: jtex-bin
Version: 1.8-5.1
Depends: jtex-base, tetex-bin, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 
1.0.7+20021025-3)

Package: spawg
Version: 1.2.4-3
Depends: dvilib2, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 
1.2.10-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libttf2, t1lib1, vflib3, xlibs 
(>> 4.1.0)

Package: dvipdfm
Version: 0.13.2c-9
Depends: tetex-base, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20021025-5), 
libpaper1, libpng12-0, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Package: ptex-bin
Version: 3.0.5+0.04-2
Depends: ptex-base (>= 1:2.0-3), tetex-bin (>= 1.0.7+20011202-5.1), 
tetex-extra, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20021025-6)

Package: dvipdfm-cjk
Version: 1:20020916cvs-1
Depends: tetex-bin, tetex-base, dvipdfm-cjk-cmap, libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13), 
libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libpng3, libssl0.9.6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Package: libkpathsea-dev
Version: 2.0-1
Depends: libkpathsea3 (= 2.0-1)

Package: tetex-bin
Version: 2.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.2.2-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 
1.0.7+20021025-1), libpng12-0, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.2.2-1), libwww0 (>= 5.4.0) | 
libwww-ssl0 (>= 5.4.0), libxaw7 (>> 4.1.0), t1lib1, xlibs (>> 4.1.0), zlib1g 
(>= 1:1.1.4), perl, tetex-base (>= 2.0), ed, debianutils (>= 1.13.1), debconf

Package: dvi2dvi
Version: 2.0alpha-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-3.1)

Package: vflib3-bin
Version: 3.6.13-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libttf2, 
t1lib1, vflib3, xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

Package: xgdvi
Version: 1.2.4-3
Depends: dvilib2, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 
1.2.10-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libttf2, t1lib1, vflib3, xlibs 
(>> 4.1.0)

Package: tex-guy
Version: 1.2.4-3
Depends: dvilib2, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), 
libttf2, t1lib1, vflib3

Package: tex4ht
Version: 20021008-1
Depends: tetex-bin, libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-7)

Package: jbibtex-bin
Version: 3.0.5+0.04-2
Depends: jbibtex-base, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20021025-6)

Package: jmpost
Version: 3.0.5+0.04-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20021025-6), tetex-bin (>= 
1.0.7+20011202-5.1)

Package: dvipdfmx
Version: 20021230-7
Depends: tetex-bin, tetex-base, dvipdfm, debconf, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), 
libkpathsea3 (>= 2.0-1), libpaper1, libpng12-0, libssl0.9.7, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

Package: multex-bin
Version: 0.7-5.1
Depends: multex-base, tetex-bin, libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 
1.0.7+20021025-3)

Package: cweb
Version: 3.64-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-5.1)

Package: dvisvga
Version: 1:01.03-5.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-3), svgalibg1, 
tetex-bin

Package: dvipsk-ja
Version: 5.90a+jp1.5g-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20021025-6), tetex-bin (>= 
1.0.7+20011202-5.1), tetex-base

Package: dvifb
Version: 1:01.03-5.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-3), gpm, tetex-bin

Package: dvilib2
Version: 1.2.4-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.1-1), libkpathsea3 (>= 1.0.7+20011202-8), libttf2, 
t1lib1, vflib3, tetex-extra

Package: tkdvi
Version: 0

Bug#176070: marked as forwarded (svgalibg1: contains non-PIC shared library)

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Hi,

The prelink utility from 
doesn't work for svgalib programs:

  # prelink /usr/bin/zgv
  prelink: /usr/bin/zgv: Cannot prelink against non-PIC shared library
  /usr/lib/libvga.so.1

This is caused by the following rule in src/Makefile:

  #lrmi must NOT be compiled as -fPIC
  lrmi.o: lrmi.c
  $(CC) $(CFLAGS:-fPIC=) -c -o $@ $<

There's an #ifdef __PIC__ in lrmi.c; is the above a leftover?  When I
comment it out, prelink works like a charm.

Thanks,

Matej