Bug#508343: libpt2.4.2: compiled with unixodbc support on i386 only, -dev doesn't depend on unixodbc-dev

[Werner Pantke]

Package: libpt2.4.2
Version: 2.4.2-2
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 3.5


Dear VoIP team,

on i386 systems ptlib compiles with unixodbc support while it doesn't on other
archs (as far is I can see). Since the Deps of the -dev package are hardcoded,
it doesn't mention unixodbc-dev as dependency on i386, though.

Due to this bug, packages like ekiga, that depend on ptlib, cannot be built on
i386 ("/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lodbc"). See this build log for more details:
http://experimental.debian.net/fetch.php?&pkg=ekiga&ver=3.0.1-1&arch=i386&stamp=1227948861&file=log&as=raw

I suggest to build ptlib with --disable-odbc option as odbc isn't compiled in
for other archs anyway. (Alternatively, you may want to check why odbc support
isn't built on those other platforms or whatever you can do to make apps which
link against this lib build again on i386.)

I was told to set this bug >= important, but feel free to change the severity!

Best regards,
Werner


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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-15) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.885915 at euro)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages libpt2.4.2 depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.7-16          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libexpat1                2.0.1-4         XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libgcc1                  1:4.3.2-1       GCC support library
ii  libldap-2.4-2            2.4.11-1        OpenLDAP libraries
ii  libsasl2-2               2.1.22.dfsg1-23 Cyrus SASL - authentication abstra
ii  libsdl1.2debian          1.2.13-4        Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libssl0.9.8              0.9.8g-14       SSL shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6               4.3.2-1         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  unixodbc                 2.2.11-16       ODBC tools libraries

libpt2.4.2 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libpt2.4.2 suggests:
pn  libpt2.4.2-plugins-alsa | lib <none>     (no description available)
pn  libpt2.4.2-plugins-v4l2 | lib <none>     (no description available)

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