Bug#346963: libtk-png-perl: FTBFS: build-depends on removed xlibs-dev

[Carlo Segre]

There is an updated version in the Debian-Perl Alioth account since last 
week.  I am waiting for an uploader.  I will modify the package to include 
a a "Closes:" directive).

Carlo

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Adeodato Simó wrote:

> Package: libtk-png-perl
> Version: 2.005-2
> Severity: serious
>
> Hello,
>
>  This is a serious bug filed against your package because it
>  build-depends on xlibs-dev, which as announced in [1] a while ago, is
>  no longer available in sid. This makes your package fail to build from
>  source.
>
>    [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00022.html
>
>  To fix this bug, you need to update your build-dependencies and
>  substitute xlibs-dev for the list of individual X development
>  libraries that your package needs to be built. You can find detailed
>  information about how to do that in the DependsXlibsDev wiki page [2].
>
>    [2] http://wiki.debian.org/DependsXlibsDev
>
>  As indicated by the Release Team [3], the full transition from XFree86
>  to Xorg is a release blocker for Etch, which means that Etch will not
>  be released until this bug is fixed (or your package removed from
>  testing). So, please, try to fix in a timely manner.
>
>    [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/10/msg00004.html
>
>  The number of affected packages by the xlibs-dev transition is huge,
>  so if you feel like helping with patches or uploads, feel free to
>  follow the instructions contained in the wiki page above. A list of
>  affected packages can be found here [4].
>
>    [4] http://people.debian.org/~adeodato/release-usertag/transition-xlibs-dev
>
>  Finally, if there's a strong reason for which your package should not
>  be NMUed, please note so in this bug report. Prospective NMUers will
>  read your reasoning, and will decide if it's strong enough to delay
>  their upload.
>
>  Thanks for your collaboration!
>
>

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