Bug#833300: closed by Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org> (Re: Bug#833300: libgtksourceview2.0-dev: Please depend on libpng-dev)

[Michael Biebl]

Am 03.08.2016 um 02:24 schrieb Ximin Luo:
> Debian Bug Tracking System:
>> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
>> which was filed against the libgtksourceview2.0-dev package:
>>
>> #833300: libgtksourceview2.0-dev: Please depend on libpng-dev
>>
>> It has been closed by Michael Biebl <biebl at debian.org>.
>>
>> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
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> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Your explanation is insufficient - it does not communicate to readers why this is not a bug.

It's not a bug in gtksourceview-2.0.pc because that file does not
declare a dependency on libpng. I've even copied the contents of that
file to make that clear.

> Why do you think pkg-config exits with error code 1, when libpng-dev is not installed?

You need to check that locally on your system. Run pkg-config with the
--debug flag and you should see where it exits.

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