Hi,Just adding the configure option --enable-libabiword is not sufficient for official Debian packaging, as the resulting library is too simplisticly built, not handling -fPIC flags and recompiling without -fPIC for a static .a file as required by Debian Policy §10.2.
Upstream seems to be aware of this - the file src/wp/main/unix/GNUmakefile.am contains the following note:
# Hack together a shared library for testing purposes (e.g. olpc). # Not using libtool because of the increased binary size,. # in fear of Tomas' wrath
After private conversations with Masayuki Hatta primo 2009 I started work on solving this. It is a big process as it also includes repackaging Abiword to not use the old and difficult to maintain tarball-in-tarball packaging design. Also, the work on this has stalled since march due to other major packaging tasks of mine.
The current work-in-progress code is at git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/abiword.git (and other parts of the repackaged abiword package which needs to be ready too before releasing is at .../abiword-docs, .../abiword-extras and .../abiword-plugins).
help with this major process is much appreciated. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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