Bug#819779: gdk-pixbuf: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev depends on libpng-dev but gdk-pixbuf2.0.pc requires libpng12-dev
peter green
plugwash at p10link.net
Thu Apr 14 12:16:04 UTC 2016
>
> * ships a gdk-pixbuf2.0.pc that requires libpng12.pc;
> * depends on libpng-dev which:
> - on experimental, is a real package that does not ship libpng12.pc
> but only libpng16.pc and libpng.pc;
> - on unstable, is provided by libpng12-dev which does provide
> libpng12.pc, but that situation should change to that of
> experimental whenever the new libpng-dev real package is uploaded to
> it.
The situation has now changed but we still have a problem.
gdk-pixbuf2.0.pc now requires libpng16.pc but the dependency is still on
libpng-dev which is available both as a real package and as a provides
from libpng12-dev. So depending on which option is selected in
satisfying the dependencies the system can end up with a broken
gdk-pixbuf2.0.pc
I belive the correct thing to do is to depend on libpng-dev (>= 1.6),
libpng-dev (<< 1.7).
libpng developers, any thoughts on this?
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