Bug#670122: libsdl1.2-dev – Missing dependencies on libcaca-dev and libpulse-dev

[Felix Geyer]

severity 670122 normal
thanks

On 17.05.2012 13:19, Sebastian Dröge wrote:
> On Sa, 2012-05-05 at 17:56 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 09:45:01 +0200, Sebastian Dröge wrote:
>>
>>> Package: libsdl1.2-dev
>>> Severity: serious
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> libsdl1.2-dev must depend on libcaca-dev and libpulse-dev as
>>> 'sdl-config --libs --static-libs' adds both libraries to the
>>> linker flags.
>>> Also all remaining other libraries that might be missing from
>>> the -dev package dependencies from that list must be added.
>>>
>> Which debian packages use --static-libs, and why?
> gst-plugins-bad0.10 uses this in the configure check. Check
> m4/gst-sdl.m4 for the configure check used there.

I hope it doesn't actually use the static library in which case the check
can just be fixed.

I'm considering adding the -dev packages required for static linking
as Recommends.