[DRE-maint] Bug#512845: libglib2-ruby1.8: dependency problem: mkmf-gnome2.rb requires mkmf.rb (from ruby-dev)

[adrian at tortenboxer.de]

Package: libglib2-ruby1.8
Version: 0.17.0~rc1-6
Severity: important
Tags: patch


Using /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf-gnome2.rb from the libglib2-ruby1.8 package 
fails with the error message

/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf-gnome2.rb:12:in `require': no such file to load 
-- mkmf (LoadError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf-gnome2.rb:12

unless the package ruby1.8-dev, which provides the required mkmf.rb 
file, is already installed.

Tagged 'important' because people not familiar with ruby installing ruby 
software via a 'ruby extconf.rb' mechanism might fail to understand why 
their ruby installation is broken.

suggested patch: 
package libglib2-ruby1.8 should include ruby1.8-dev as 
an install dependency.
[note: this patch is just a suggestion, i am totally unfamiliar with 
ruby, and Debian practices; maybe it is considered better to move 
mkmf.rb to another package instead of creating a dependency of a non-dev 
package on a -dev package, or whatever]

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libglib2-ruby1.8 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-18     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.16.6-1   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libruby1.8                    1.8.7.72-3 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1.

libglib2-ruby1.8 recommends no packages.

libglib2-ruby1.8 suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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