When trying to build my rather overdue debian package (libgimp-perl), I get this at the configure stage:
configure:815: cc -o conftest -I/usr/lib/glib/include -I/usr/X11R6/include co nftest.c -L/usr/lib -lgimpui -lgimp -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lgtk -lgdk -lglib -lXi -l Xext -lX11 -lm 1>&5 /usr/lib/libgimp.so: undefined reference to `g_debug' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_supported' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_error' /usr/lib/libgimpui.so: undefined reference to `gtk_object_check_cast' /usr/lib/libgimp.so: undefined reference to `g_message' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_make_resident' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_close' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_name' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_symbol' /usr/lib/libgimp.so: undefined reference to `g_warning' /usr/lib/libgtk.so: undefined reference to `g_module_open' /usr/lib/libgimp.so: undefined reference to `g_error' Now, it looks to me like there is a mismatch between the -dev libraries I have installed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] dpkg -l 'libg*dev' | grep 'ii' 7:39PM ii libgdbmg1-dev 1.7.3-25 GNU dbm database routines (development files ii libgimp-dev 1.0.1-1 Header files for compiling plugins for The G ii libglib-dev 1.1.3-2 Header files and static libraries for the GL ii libgtk1.1-dev 1.1.2-2 Development files for the GIMP Toolkit, unst ii libguile2-dev 1.2-5 Header files and development libraries for g My instinct is to guess that libgimp 1.0 won't compile against libgtk1.1. However, I can't backtrack to libgtk-dev, since libglib-dev requires libgtk1.1. Is this a bug? If so, in which package? I've copied Che into this email anyway, since he seems to be reponsible for a large chunk of the programs concerned. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | Debian GNU/Linux - "Microsoft *does* have a year 2000 problem - | | and we're it!" (paraphrased from IRC) | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/