Russ Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > The libxerces-c.la file contains: > > dependency_libs=' -lnsl -lpthread -L/usr/lib -licuuc -licudata' > > which means that any library that uses libtool to link against Xerces-C > will add -licuuc -licudata to the link line. However, that means that > successfully linking requires libicu-dev be installed and libxerces-c-dev > does not depend on it.
For now I'll add a dependency on libicu-dev. There was a big discussion about this some time ago. I remember adjusting all my -dev packages' dependencies to make sure they were correct with respect to this issue, but either something has changed or I overlooked this one. I remember a discussion about whether this could be made automatic in much the same way dependencies on runtime shared library packages are automatic, but I can't remember the outcome. > Either those lines need to be removed from the *.la file or > libxerces-c-dev should have a dependency on libicu-dev. (Ideally, the > right solution is probably to stop installing the *.la files at all, > since they really just confuse matters, but that requires rebuilding > everything that depends on the library to regenerate all downstream > *.la files.) I always thought of .la files as being useful for helping with automatic handling of transitive library dependencies, but I'll admit that I'm probably out of date on this issue. There is an open bug against another of my packages for issues with the .la files as well. For now, I'll make a dependency on libicu-dev, but I'll keep my eyes open for a better solution. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time right now to investigate. I'm about to upload icu 4.2, so to avoid confusion with the ICU transition, I'll wait to upload a fix to this until after ICU 4.2.1 is built on all platforms. -- Jay Berkenbilt <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
