It was a minor glitch I noticed during backporting qemu 1.7 to precise. It's more like an FYI, I managed to get this running myself. If you feel it's wrong to specify the exact version requirement, that's fine, let's forget it.
Cheers, Ballock 2014-03-20 15:49 GMT+01:00 Serge Hallyn <1295...@bugs.launchpad.net>: > I'd like to keep debian/control as in-sync as possible with debian. So I'd > prefer that this be done through debian. Since this won't change the > availability of libfdt > 1.4.0 in older releases, I don't see that this > really > helps. > > Can you please explain what you are trying to do, where and how you > are building qemu? > > ** Changed in: qemu (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295072 > > Title: > qemu 1.7 should build-depend on libfdt-dev higher than 1.4.0 > > Status in "qemu" package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > The configure scripts checks for fdt by looking at libfdt_env.h > > configure:2610: #include <libfdt_env.h> > > This file only exists in libfdt-dev version 1.4.0 and onwards, so it > makes sense to specify build-dependency on that version. Otherwise, > configure fails with: > error_exit "DTC not present. Your options:" \ > " (1) Preferred: Install the DTC devel package" \ > " (2) Fetch the DTC submodule, using:" \ > " git submodule update --init dtc" > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1295072/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1295072 Title: qemu 1.7 should build-depend on libfdt-dev higher than 1.4.0 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1295072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
