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regarding Multiple packages FTBFS with libglew-dev
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Source: glew
Version: 2.3.1+dfsg2-2
Severity: grave
Tags: affect -1 src:mygui src:tulip src:avogadrolibs src:slop
Ever since src:glew switched to the CMake build system (in 0cba00b9),
it's been causing FTBFS for multiple packages that depend on it. Here
are some examples:
mygui:
> make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so',
> needed by 'lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libMyGUI.OpenGLPlatform.so.0debian1.0.0'
tulip:
> ninja: error: '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so', needed by
> 'library/tulip-gui/src/libtulip-gui-6.0.so', missing and no known rule to
> make it
avogadrolibs:
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so',
> needed by 'lib/libAvogadroRendering.so.1.101.0'. Stop.
slop:
> make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so',
> needed by 'libslopy.so.7.7'. Stop.
The upstream explicitly states in their README:
> ### Linux and Mac
>
> #### Using GNU Make
>
> GNU make is the primary build system for GLEW, historically.
> It includes targets for building the sources and headers, for maintenance
> purposes.
>
> ...
>
> #### Using cmake
>
> The cmake build is mostly contributor maintained.
> Due to the multitude of use cases this is maintained on a _best effort_ basis.
> Pull requests are welcome.
The crux of the problem is that when built with CMake, GLEW installs
CMake targets with hard-coded libraries in them:
dimitry@ki6OY5lO2Z:~$ grep set_target_properties -A3
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/glew/glew-targets.cmake
set_target_properties(GLEW::glew PROPERTIES
INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu"
INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
"/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libOpenGL.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLX.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSM.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so"
)
Prior to this change, packages using GLEW relied on the CMake-provided
FindGLEW.cmake module.
GLEW itself does not seem to be using any of libSM, libICE, libX11 or
libXext:
dimitry@ki6OY5lO2Z:~$ objdump -p /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLEW.so | grep
NEEDED
NEEDED libGLX.so.0
NEEDED libc.so.6
But, they are somehow pulled into their CMake targets, which looks like
a bug that they won't be eager to fix (based on the above).
Please either switch back to the Make-based system, or at the very
minimum do not install upstream's broken CMake targets.
Thank you,
Dimitry
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Source: glew
Source-Version: 2.3.1+dfsg2-5
Done: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
glew, 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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Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]> (supplier of updated glew package)
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Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 06:30:17 +0100
Source: glew
Architecture: source
Version: 2.3.1+dfsg2-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Alastair McKinstry <[email protected]>
Closes: 1136422 1136741
Changes:
glew (2.3.1+dfsg2-5) unstable; urgency=medium
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[ Dmitri Ishenko ]
* d/control: add Replaces/Breaks for upgrade path
Closes: #1136422, #1136741
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