[Debichem-devel] Bug#790859: Bug#790859: avogadro: Patch for FTBFS against updated cmake

[Michael Banck]

tags 790859 -pending
thanks

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:12:37AM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> Hi Niels,
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 08:01:52AM +0200, Niels Thykier wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:19:46 +0100 Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > Package: avogadro
> > > Version: 1.1.0-4
> > > Followup-For: Bug #790859
> > > User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > Usertags: origin-ubuntu wily ubuntu-patch
> > > 
> > > Dear Maintainer,
> > > 
> > > While fixing gcc-5 related fallout the following patch was needed for
> > > avogadro to handle a semantic change in newer cmake.  cmake QT search et al
> > > no longer automatically loads X11 detection we have to probe it explicitly.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for considering the patch.
> > > 
> > > -apw
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The avogadro package is currently blocking a couple of GCC-5 related
> > transitions (openbabel among others) and I am therefore very interested
> > in seeing this fixed.
> >   Are there any ETA a fix for this bug landing in unstable?  If you are
> > busy and would like us to just NMU it, do not hesitate to let us know.
> 
> Ok, will look into this now.

Unfortunately, the Ubuntu patch (for 1.1.1) does not apply to the 1.0
branch in Debian unstable, and it is not just a trivial fix as upstream
did a major overhaul of the CMake build system between the two versions.

I'm looking further into it.


Michael