Bug#784236: Build-Depends on libelf-dev, but libelf support no longer enabled

[Simon McVittie]

On 04/05/15 11:56, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Checking the build logs at [1], the configure check prints:
> 
> checking for LIBELF... no

... but then it also prints:

checking for elf_begin in -lelf... yes
checking for elf_getshdrstrndx in -lelf... yes
checking for elf_getshdrnum in -lelf... yes
checking libelf.h usability... yes
checking libelf.h presence... yes
checking for libelf.h... yes

As far as I can see from configure.ac, libelf support works if *either*
the pkg-config check for libelf.pc passes, *or* the old-style checks for
symbols and headers pass.

Prior to 2.43.2-1 we used libelfg0-dev from src:libelf, which has
libelf.pc; now we use libelf-dev from src:elfutils, which doesn't. See
also <http://bugs.debian.org/769408>.

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