Bug#953440: libvtk7.1 does not include xdmf3 libraries

[Alastair McKinstry]

Debian already ships xdmf3 librariesm currently from git snapshot:
3.0+git20190531

What can we use to test compatability ?

Alastair


On 09/03/2020 19:57, Ruben Di Battista wrote:
> Package: libvtk7.1
> Version: 7.1.1+dfsg1-12
>
> I’m posting after suggestion from the Ubuntu team
> (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vtk7/+question/689223). 
>  recently switched to using xdmf3 instead of xdmf in a library I’m
> working on, and I started to get this error with libvtk7.1 package: 
>
> ```
> CMake Error at /usr/lib/cmake/vtk-7.1/vtkModuleAPI.cmake:120 (message):
>    Requested modules not available:
>     vtkIOXdmf3
> ```
>
> In my opinion the package should also ship the xdmf3 libraries, since
> they’re available
> upstream: https://github.com/Kitware/VTK/tree/v7.1.1/ThirdParty/xdmf3
>
> Some diagnostics: 
>
> ```
>
> uname -a:
> Linux c7e29d71ba78 4.4.0-174-generic #204-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 29 06:41:01
> UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> lsb_release -crid:
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu
> Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
> Release: 18.04
> Codename: bionic
>
> apt-cache policy vtk7 libvtk7-dev:
> vtk7:
>   Installed: 7.1.1+dfsg1-2
>   Candidate: 7.1.1+dfsg1-2
>   Version table:
>  *** 7.1.1+dfsg1-2 500
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> <http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> bionic/universe amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> libvtk7-dev:
>   Installed: 7.1.1+dfsg1-2
>   Candidate: 7.1.1+dfsg1-2
>   Version table:
>  *** 7.1.1+dfsg1-2 500
>         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
> <http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu> bionic/universe amd64 Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> ```
>
>
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Alastair McKinstry, email: alastair at sceal.ie, matrix: @alastair:sceal.ie, phone: 087-6847928
Green Party Councillor, Galway County Council 

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