Dear Hugh. On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 11:18:36AM +1100, Hugh McMaster wrote: > libbz2-dev is a dependency of libfreetype-dev. libbz2-dev also installs the > pkg-config file bzip2.pc in /usr/share/pkgconfig/bzip2.pc. > [..] > If libbz2-dev is not installed, then your system is misconfigured.
I missed libbz2-dev, because I had expected a package name like libbzip2-dev. In retrospect, libbzip3-dev got me on the wrong track. Anyhow, bumping the package fixes all problems. # apt install libbz2-dev [..] Preparing to unpack .../libbz2-dev_1.0.8-6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libbz2-dev:amd64 (1.0.8-6) over (1.0.8-5+b1) ... [..] $ find /usr/ -name bzip2.pc /usr/share/pkgconfig/bzip2.pc (now everything is working as expected) Clearly the libbz2-dev upgrade was missed, which may be due to misconfiguration. I wonder how to avoid such misconfiguration, since I do not remember having configured much. Trying to reproduce... # apt install libbz2-dev=1.0.8-5+b1 [..] Unsatisfied dependencies: libbz2-dev : Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-5+b1) but 1.0.8-6 is to be installed Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. # apt install libbz2-dev=1.0.8-5+b1 libbz2-1.0=1.0.8-5+b1 [..] # find /usr/ -name bzip2.pc (nothing) What should have triggered the upgrade? Does this not indicate the need of a dependency on a more recent libbz2-dev in libfreetype-dev? If this is considered "normal" in testing, please feel free to close the bug. Thanks for your help Felix
