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and subject line Bug#1126018: fixed in r-base 4.6.0-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1126018,
regarding r-base: Please exclude LDFLAGS from libR.pc
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Package: r-base
Version: 4.5.2-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
When building the pkg-config file for libR in src/unix/Makefile.in, the
following stanza,
```
install-pc:
@$(MKINSTALLDIRS) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig"
-@$(SED) -e "s:@rhome:$(rhome):" \
-e "s:@rincludedir:$(rincludedir):" \
-e "s:@rarch:$(R_ARCH):" \
-e 's:@libsprivate:$(STATIC_LIBR_PC):' \
-e 's:@others:$(MAIN_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS):' \
-e 's/@VERSION/$(VERSION)/' $(srcdir)/libR.pc.in \
> "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/libR.pc"
```
combines MAIN_LDFLAGS with LDFLAGS and sticks it into the "Libs" field
of the resulting libR.pc file. That's not what you want: LDFLAGS
contains the user's linker flags at this point, i.e. whatever they have
in their environment variable.
On Ubuntu we started setting --package-metadata and ran into
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2138363. The --package-metadata flag must not
leak into the pkg-config file.
We applied the attached patch to the Ubuntu package to exclude LDFLAGS
from libR.pc. I forwarded the patches upstream and attached the patch
here.
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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
0001-Exclude-all-LDFLAGS-from-libR.pc.patch
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: r-base
Source-Version: 4.6.0-3
Done: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
r-base, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]> (supplier of updated r-base package)
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Date: Thu, 07 May 2026 12:57:51 -0500
Source: r-base
Architecture: source
Version: 4.6.0-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Dirk Eddelbuettel <[email protected]>
Closes: 1126018 1135944
Changes:
r-base (4.6.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* debian/rules: Ensure LIBR_LDFLAGS is empty when calling 'make install'
which prevent extra spillage into libR.pc (Closes: #1126018)
* debian/Renviron.site: No longer set R_LIBS_SITE here as Renviron already
sets it via the regularly applied patch (Closes: #1135944)
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