tag 378511 wontfix thanks On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 01:45:59AM +0200, Nicolas Boullis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: libxml2-dev > Version: 2.6.26.dfsg-2 > Severity: important > > Hi, > > This is clearly related to #374017; the fix to this bug was incomplete. > It causes FTBFS in packages that build-depend on libxml2-dev but not > zlib1g-dev|libz-dev, and that use libtool. (See for example #378374.)
In the meanwhile, I remembered that libxslt, that I built with the new libxml2 to verify the changes to libxml2-dev dependencies don't break everything, also uses libtool. So, wondering what was the matter, I also remembered libxslt is autoreconfed. To solve the problem, then, all you have to do is relibtoolize your package. This can be achieved by running autoreconf. You will need libtool, autoconf2.13 and automake1.9. That solves the issue much better than adding useless build-dep AND dependency on zlib. I'm going to tag this bug wontfix, and will leave it open for documentation purpose. I may send a mail to maintainers of reverse dependencies. For other cases, check the autoconf version used by upstream by grepping "Generated by" in configure, and the automake version by grepping "generated by" in Makefile.in. Cheers Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]