Bug#1147167: vtk9: CMake project using VTK and ITK fails configure: both want HDF5 but VTK uses older FindHDF5.cmake

[Adrian Bunk]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 05:52:33AM +0000, Francesco Ballarin wrote:
> Package: vtk9
> Version: 9.6.2+dfsg1-6
> Followup-For: Bug #1147167
> X-Debbugs-Cc: ballarin at debian.org
> 
> Hi,
> this does not seem to be fixed.
> 
> In src:vmtk I have the following patch as a work-around
> https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/vmtk/-/blob/master/debian/patches/build_explicit_find_hdf5.diff
> 
> I tried removing it after seeing that this was marked as done, but I still get the same cmake error as in the opening message.

Are you still able to reproduce it?

vmtk builds for me in unstable with build_explicit_find_hdf5.diff disabled.

> Francesco

cu
Adrian