It seems no one on the debian-perl mailing list bothered to reply to me. It has now been a month.
Any advice? Karl > On 25 May 2018, at 1:39 pm, Peter Ratzlaff <pratzl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To follow up, in order to keep libpgplot-perl from being upgraded (along with > the giza replacement of pgplot), > > echo 'libpgplot-perl hold' | sudo dpkg --set-selections > > On 05/24/2018 10:40 PM, Peter Ratzlaff wrote: >> I'm not an expert in Ubuntu packaging, but was at least able to revert to >> the Xenial packages with the following steps. >> mkdir libpgplot-perl >> cd libpgplot-perl >> wget >> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/libp/libpgplot-perl/libpgplot-perl_2.21.orig.tar.gz >> wget >> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/libp/libpgplot-perl/libpgplot-perl_2.21-5build1.dsc >> wget >> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/libp/libpgplot-perl/libpgplot-perl_2.21-5build1.debian.tar.xz >> dpkg-source -x libpgplot-perl_2.21-5build1.dsc >> cd libpgplot-perl-2.21 >> perl -pi -e s/libpng12/libpng/ debian/control >> # some additional packages my system needed for debuild to work >> sudo apt-get install gfortran libextutils-f77-perl pgplot5 chrpath debhelper >> # will end with a fatal error, but the deb is built successfully >> debuild >> cd ../.. >> sudo apt-get purge libcpgplot0 libpgplot0 -y >> sudo apt-get install ./libpgplot-perl/libpgplot-perl_2.21-5build1_amd64.deb >> On 05/24/2018 07:18 PM, Karl Glazebrook wrote: >>> Hi there PDL folk, >>> I want to bring up an issue with the perl PGPLOT package on debian/Ubuntu. >>> The apt package is ‘libpgplot-perl’. >>> (This came up when installing PDL on Ubuntu and getting an unexpected >>> graphics library instead of pgplot.) >>> In the latest version of Ubuntu (>=17) someone has replaced the dependency >>> on the pgplot5 package with one on libcpgplot0. >>> Seehttps://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=pgplot >>> libcpgplot0 replaces the true pgplot library with a supposedly API >>> compatible library provided by the giza package >>> (seehttp://giza.sourceforge.net/documentation/pgplot.shtml). I can imagine >>> that someone though this was a good idea as it is newer, C based, etc. >>> Unfortunately this is not a good idea. It is not a full replacement, yet. I >>> am actually quite familiar with giza. The giza library does NOT implement >>> all pgplot functions and some of them work differently to the true pgplot >>> library. (I know as I have tested this and have also corresponded with the >>> developers who are also astronomers just down the road at Monash Uni). Also >>> this is clearly documented on the above web page. >>> Also I do not think it should be done this way. Obviously giza provides a >>> drop in replacement for those who wants to use it, really whomever is >>> doing this should try and make a ‘libpgplotgiza-perl’ instead to provide >>> the option. >>> I wish someone had asked me, after all I am the owner still of the CPAN >>> PGPLOT package. >>> Does anyone know how I would go about getting this reversed? It is quite >>> unclear to me who is making these decisions, I am not familiar with the >>> Debian packaging universe. >>> Also I am a bit confused about the relation between Ubuntu and Debian. >>> According to the debian pages these changes are part of the >>> unstable/testing distributions? >>> Any advice and pointers appreciated! >>> Also anyone know any quick fixes? E.g. how to unstall the Ubuntu 16 version >>> in Ubuntu 18? >>> Karl >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >>> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pdl-general mailing list >>> pdl-gene...@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-general >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ pdl-devel mailing list pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel
