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and subject line Bug#1110406: fixed in vimb 3.7.1-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1110406,
regarding vimb FTCBFS: hard-codes pkg-config
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Package: vimb
Version: 3.7.0+git20240706-1
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: ftcbfs
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
Dear Maintianer,
vimb fails to cross-build due to hard-coding pkg-config in config.mk.
The right arch-triplet prefixed pkg-config is passed by default in cross
builds which this should use.
Please consider applying attached patch.
Thanks
Nilesh
From 15dcc82dac412c4825659e93d672b1d80b6e619f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nilesh Patra <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 01:00:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] get vimb cross-building
---
debian/patches/cross.patch | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
debian/patches/series | 1 +
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 debian/patches/cross.patch
create mode 100644 debian/patches/series
diff --git a/debian/patches/cross.patch b/debian/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e89aedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--- a/config.mk
++++ b/config.mk
+@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
+ RUNPREFIX := $(PREFIX)
+ EXTENSIONDIR := $(RUNPREFIX)/lib/vimb
+ OS := $(shell uname -s)
++PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
+
+ # define some directories
+ SRCDIR = src
+@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@
+
+ # flags used to build webextension
+ EXTTARGET = webext_main.so
+-EXTCFLAGS = ${CFLAGS} $(shell pkg-config --cflags webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.1)
++EXTCFLAGS = ${CFLAGS} $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.1)
+ EXTCPPFLAGS = $(CPPFLAGS)
+-EXTLDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS} $(shell pkg-config --libs webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.1) -shared
++EXTLDFLAGS = ${LDFLAGS} $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.1) -shared
+
+ # flags used for the main application
+-CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(LIBS))
+-LDFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --libs $(LIBS))
++CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(LIBS))
++LDFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(LIBS))
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..def274a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cross.patch
--
2.47.2
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: vimb
Source-Version: 3.7.1-1
Done: Mateusz Łukasik <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
vimb, 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.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mateusz Łukasik <[email protected]> (supplier of updated vimb package)
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:16:11 +0100
Source: vimb
Built-For-Profiles: derivative.ubuntu noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 3.7.1-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Mateusz Łukasik <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mateusz Łukasik <[email protected]>
Closes: 1110406
Changes:
vimb (3.7.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Mateusz Łukasik ]
* New upstream release.
* d/control:
+ Bump standards version to 4.7.3.
+ Drop Priority field
+ Drop Rules-Requires-Root field
* Update d/watch to version 5.
* Update d/copyright.
* Drop debian/source/lintian-overrides
* Switch Vcs to salsa.
.
[ Nilesh Patra ]
* Add patch for fix FTCBFS: hard-codes pkg-config (Closes: #1110406)
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