Bug#617931: gmsh: multiple licensing issues

[Anton Gladky]

> There seem to be other GPL-licensed libraries linked with gmsh:
> libcholmod1.7.1 (some parts are GPL-licensed)
> libumfpack5.4.0 (UMFPACK is GPL-licensed)
> http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/suitesparse/current/copyright
> Please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Linking with these libraries seem to still make the GPL-incompatibility
> of OCE/OpenCASCADE very relevant, unfortunately.

I think, gmsh does not link with those libraries, they are just in deps, what
should be fixed.

If we believe dpkg-shlibdeps, it says in buildlogs the following [1]:

========
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if
debian/gmsh/usr/bin/gmsh was not linked against libcholmod.so.1.7.1
(it uses none of the library's symbols)
....
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if
debian/gmsh/usr/bin/gmsh was not linked against libumfpack.so.5.4.0
(it uses none of the library's symbols)
========

So, if GMSH does not link with libraries, can we close the bug?

Anton

[1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=gmsh&arch=i386&ver=2.6.1.dfsg-3&stamp=1343254107