Bug#1126726: libpnetcdf-dev: Build system paths leak into pnetcdf.pc
Jonathan Brandmeyer
jonathan.brandmeyer at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 19:01:11 GMT 2026
Package: libpnetcdf-dev
Version: 1.14.0-2
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: jonathan.brandmeyer at gmail.com
Dear Maintainer,
The pkg-config support file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/pnetcdf.pc leaks
some incorrect paths into the config. In particular, it contains the following:
```
# prefix can be changed by "make install prefix=/path"
prefix=/build/reproducible-path/pnetcdf-1.14.0/debian/tmp//usr
# exec_prefix can be changed by "make install exec_prefix=/path"
exec_prefix=/build/reproducible-path/pnetcdf-1.14.0/debian/tmp//usr
```
Both prefix and exec_prefix should be set to /usr on the host's machine. As a
consequence of this leak,
```
$ pkg-config --cflags pnetcdf
-I/build/reproducible-path/pnetcdf-1.14.0/debian/tmp/usr/include
```
Programs which actively check the validity of this path, such as the Model for
Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) CMake-based build system produce an error.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libpnetcdf-dev depends on:
ii libpnetcdf6 1.14.0-2
libpnetcdf-dev recommends no packages.
libpnetcdf-dev suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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