Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-04-20 Thread Mark Baker
Charles Kerr wrote: > In this case, the only way this bug would be 'important' would be if > most people only use libpcre3-dev for compiling someone else's > software, rather than for writing and developing their own. If you're > writing your own software that uses pcre, obviously you'll know be

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-04-20 Thread Charles Kerr
> In this case, the only way this bug would be 'important' would be if > most people only use libpcre3-dev for compiling someone else's > software, rather than for writing and developing their own. If you're > writing your own software that uses pcre, obviously you'll know better > than to rely o

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-04-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 04:42:18AM -0500, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Christian Ohm] > > Now what will someone do who doesn't know how to investigate a failed > > ./configure run? In my opinion this fits the description of > > 'important' ("a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a > > pa

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-04-03 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Christian Ohm] > Now what will someone do who doesn't know how to investigate a failed > ./configure run? In my opinion this fits the description of > 'important' ("a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a > package, without rendering it completely unusable to everyone"), > depending

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-03-28 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Andreas Metzler said: > > Like the subject says: The file libpcre.pc isn't installed (though it's > > generated during the build), so any package searching for libpcre via > > pkg-config can't find it even if the development package is installed. > [...] > > Hello, > w

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-03-28 Thread Christian Ohm
On Tuesday, 28 March 2006 at 19:52, Andreas Metzler wrote: > why is this severity important, sounds like wishlist to me. Well, maybe 'important' is too high, but I don't think 'wishlist' really fits. I have tried to compile a program (the cvs version of cegui) where ./configure checks for libpcre

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-03-28 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2006-03-28 Christian Ohm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: libpcre3-dev > Version: 6.4-1.1 > Severity: important > Hello, > Like the subject says: The file libpcre.pc isn't installed (though it's > generated during the build), so any package searching for libpcre via > pkg-config can't fin

Bug#359662: libpcre3-dev doesn't install libpcre.pc, so pkg-config can't find libpcre

2006-03-28 Thread Christian Ohm
Package: libpcre3-dev Version: 6.4-1.1 Severity: important Hello, Like the subject says: The file libpcre.pc isn't installed (though it's generated during the build), so any package searching for libpcre via pkg-config can't find it even if the development package is installed. Christian Ohm --