Bug#978172: Bug#1005157: libphonenumber-dev: missing dependency on libabsl-dev

[Adrian Bunk]

[ adding #978172 to Cc ]

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 07:30:24AM -0800, tony mancill wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 09:34:48AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > Package: libphonenumber-dev
> > Version: 8.12.41-1
> > Severity: serious
> > Tags: ftbfs
> > Control: affects -1 src:kamailio
> > 
> > https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/kamailio.html
> 
> Hi Adrian,

Hi Tony,

> Thank you for the bug report.  Unless I am missing some context, this is
> another instance of the discussion in #978172 [1], just with a different
> library.  I mention it in case you'd like to weigh in on that bug.

yes, this is a similar issue, and I do also see the dependency as 
mandatory there:

When libphonenumber8 is only using a library without exposing it in its 
API, then there is no need for a dependency in libphonenumber-dev.[1]

When a library is exposing its own dependencies in its API,
by #include'ing of headers of the libraries it uses, then
the dependencies should provide everything necessary for
using the headers.

> In the meantime, I am adding the dependency on libabsl-dev.
> 
> Cheers,
> tony
>...

cu
Adrian

[1] Ignoring the static libraries in libphonenumber-dev, in practice
    static libraries are rarely used and -dev packages do not usually
    have dependencies for using them.