Bug#306956: missing versioned package dependency

Jens Seidel Jens Seidel <jensseidel@users.sf.net>, 306956@bugs.debian.org
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:14:29 +0200


Package: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.8-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Justification: Policy 4.2

Hi,

I tried to build gdm and failed most probably because I forgot to call
 # apt-get build-dep gdm
(or called this for gpm??). I checked missing build-depends manually on
my host and suggest to improve build-depends a little bit.

$ apt-cache showsrc gdm
Package: gdm
Binary: gdm
Version: 2.6.0.8-1
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Maintainer: Ryan Murray <rmurray@debian.org>
Build-Depends: libpam0g-dev, libgnomeui-dev (>= 1.96.0), librsvg2-dev, libglade2-dev, libwrap0-dev, debhelper, gettext, intltool, scrollkeeper, libselinux1-dev, libattr1-dev, xlibs-static-dev, libxt-dev

The first official libgnomeui-dev package was 1.106.0-1 so it may be
possible to remove >= 1.96.0 nevertheless I strongly suggest to add >=
1.1.1 to librsvg2-dev since configure (line 2391) requires it.

Since it is very unlikely that someone uses such an old version I filled
only a wishlist and not a serious bug report.

Jens