Bug#645104: libvte9 uses incorrect path for gnome-pty-helper

[Janne Snabb]

Package: libvte9
Version: 0.28.1-2

Looks like libvte9 package is internally using an incorrect path
for gnome-pty-helper. This causes libvte9 to fail recording utmp/login
entries for terminals that use it.

$ dpkg -x ../libvte9_0.28.1-2_amd64.deb .

$ strings usr/lib/libvte.so.9 | fgrep /gnome-pty-helper
/usr/lib/vte/gnome-pty-helper

$ ls -la usr/lib/vte/gnome-pty-helper
ls: cannot access usr/lib/vte/gnome-pty-helper: No such file or directory

$ find . -name gnome-pty-helper
./usr/lib/libvte9/gnome-pty-helper

Workaround:

# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libvte9 vte

I encountered this bug on Ubuntu, but it clearly appears in Debian
also, thus I am reporting it. There are additional details in the
Ubuntu bug at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vte/+bug/864609

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