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and subject line Bug#503836: fixed in giflib 4.1.6-6
has caused the Debian Bug report #503836,
regarding giflib: libgif4 on arm (and alpha, powerpc) incorrectly depends on
libx11 - libgif-tools contents different
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Package: giflib
Version: 4.1.6-5
Severity: important
the libgif4 package on arm pulls in x11 via dependiencies on libx11-6,
libice6, libsm6. This is wrong as the only thing in the package is the
libgif library. On a small system this is serious as it brings in
several magabytes of useless X.
Investigating, I found that this was only true on arm, alpha and
powerpc, not armel.
Comparing:
http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=giflib;ver=4.1.6-5;arch=arm;stamp=1216226829
and
http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=giflib;ver=4.1.6-5;arch=armel;stamp=1216208568
I found that the build varies according to whether X libraries are
installed on the build machine. If they are then libgif is 'uselessly
linked' against libx11:
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libSM.so.6 could be avoided if
"debian/libgif4/usr/lib/libgif.so.4.1.6" were not uselessly linked
against it (they use none of its symbols).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libICE.so.6 could be avoided if
"debian/libgif4/usr/lib/libgif.so.4.1.6" were not uselessly linked
against it (they use none of its symbols).
Perhaps more seriously the libgif-tools packages ends up with
different contents when the build is done with X headers
present than if it isn't: the gif2x11 utility is built and then that
package correctly depends on Xlibs
I suspect this is some kind of policy violation - having the same
package have different binaries due to random build machine differences?
I'm not sure what the best fix for this is. Clearly the dep on x11
libs for the library is wrong and the 3 arches need to be fixed.
Whether the tools package should depend on X and have the gif2x11 util
or not is a matter for the maintainer. Debian philosophy suggests that
it should be included, but to do that requires the build to be fixed
in the presence of X headers. An easier fix is perhaps to ensure that
X headers are ignored so neither libs nor -tools packages depend on it.
I'm not sure how best this should be dealt with but it seems quite serious
and ought to be fixed for lenny release if possible. Is a binary NMU
for the 3 broken arches appropriate here?
-- System Information: (this is just the reporting machine - not very
relevant)
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: giflib
Source-Version: 4.1.6-6
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
giflib, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
giflib-dbg_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/giflib-dbg_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
giflib-tools_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/giflib-tools_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
giflib_4.1.6-6.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/giflib/giflib_4.1.6-6.diff.gz
giflib_4.1.6-6.dsc
to pool/main/g/giflib/giflib_4.1.6-6.dsc
libgif-dev_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/libgif-dev_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
libgif4_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/libgif4_4.1.6-6_i386.deb
libungif-bin_4.1.6-6_all.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/libungif-bin_4.1.6-6_all.deb
libungif4-dev_4.1.6-6_all.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/libungif4-dev_4.1.6-6_all.deb
libungif4g_4.1.6-6_all.deb
to pool/main/g/giflib/libungif4g_4.1.6-6_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated giflib package)
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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:57:00 +0100
Source: giflib
Binary: giflib-dbg giflib-tools libgif4 libgif-dev libungif-bin libungif4g
libungif4-dev
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 4.1.6-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Daniel Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
giflib-dbg - library for GIF images (debug)
giflib-tools - library for GIF images (utilities)
libgif-dev - library for GIF images (development)
libgif4 - library for GIF images (library)
libungif-bin - library for GIF images (transitional package)
libungif4-dev - library for GIF images (transitional package)
libungif4g - library for GIF images (transitional package)
Closes: 503836
Changes:
giflib (4.1.6-6) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Updating vcs fields in control file.
* Using patch-stamp rather than patch in rules file.
* Removing config.guess and config.sub in clean target of rules.
* Passing '--disable-x11' to configure call to ensure that giflib is
not linked against X11 libs by accident (Closes: #503836).
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