Bug#268139: libgdk-x11-2.0.la contains empty dependency_libs

[Scott James Remnant]

Package: libgtk2.0-dev
Version: 2.4.4-2
Severity: normal

The libgdk-x11-2.0.la file included with this package contains an empty
dependency_libs line, but the library referred to has dependencies:

descent scott% descent scott% readelf -d /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0.400.4 | grep NEEDED
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXrandr.so.2]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXi.so.6]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXext.so.6]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXft.so.2]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libfreetype.so.6]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libz.so.1]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libfontconfig.so.1]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXcursor.so.1]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libXrender.so.1]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libX11.so.6]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libpangoxft-1.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libpangox-1.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libpango-1.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libgobject-2.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libgmodule-2.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libdl.so.2]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libglib-2.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libm.so.6]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0]
 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libc.so.6]


This prevents static linking of this library using Libtool.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8

Versions of packages libgtk2.0-dev depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-dev             1.6.1-3        Development files for the ATK acce
ii  libglib2.0-dev            2.4.6-1        Development files for the GLib lib
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.4.4-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libpango1.0-dev           1.5.0-2        Development files for the Pango
ii  libx11-dev                4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxext-dev               4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  pkg-config                0.15.0-4       Manage compile and link flags for 
ii  xlibs-dev                 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client library dev

-- no debconf information