Bug#825629: libgd-perl: FTBFS: Could not find gdlib-config in the search path.

[gregor herrmann]

Control: tag -1 + confirmed upstream

On Sat, 28 May 2016 11:45:14 +0100, Chris Lamb wrote:

> Source: libgd-perl
> Version: 2.53-2.1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to build from source
> User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: ftbfs
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> libgd-perl fails to build from source in unstable/amd64:

>   cd . && /usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL NOECHO= INSTALLDIRS=vendor
>   **UNRECOVERABLE ERROR**
>   Could not find gdlib-config in the search path. Please install libgd 2.0.28 or higher.
>   If you want to try to compile anyway, please rerun this script with the option --ignore_missing_gd.
>   /usr/share/cdbs/1/class/perl-makemaker.mk:47: recipe for target 'Makefile' failed
>   make: *** [Makefile] Error 2

This is caused by libgd2 2.2.1-1; from its d/changelog:

  * Don't install obsolete gdlib-config

I guess upstream/we should switch to using pkg-config.


Cheers,
gregor, forwarding the bug report upstream

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