Those are not dynamic libraries, but plugins with undefined symbols which gets resolved at runtime. I guess upstream wants to be able to resolve tcl symbols once the interpreter is loaded.
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Julien Cristau <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 15:55:24 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > >> Package: release.debian.org >> Severity: normal >> User: [email protected] >> Usertags: binnmu >> >> nmu volview_3.4-3 . ALL . -m "volview does not start because of a missing >> symbol" >> >> I'd appreciate if you could binNMU volview on all arch. For some reason >> something really wrong happen on vtk 5.8.0 since volview was build >> As a result volview refuses to starts with a message: >> >> $ /usr/bin/volview >> /usr/lib/VolView/VolView: symbol lookup error: >> /usr/lib/libKWWidgets.so.1.0.1009: undefined symbol: Vtkimagingtcl_Init >> >> Simply rebuilding it entirely fixes the symptoms. >> > How is this (undefined symbol in libKWWidgets.so.1.0.1009) not a bug in > kwwidgets (or vtk, maybe)? So NAK... > > Cheers, > Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+7wusy7ixbdbxbvxynnth494_tkr_f9iecsemyvo2nhuha...@mail.gmail.com

