[Bug 159871] Re: libgdal.so symlink is missing

2007-11-03 Thread Emmet Hikory
Updated status to match latest comment. ** Changed in: gdal (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- libgdal.so symlink is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159871 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- u

[Bug 159871] Re: libgdal.so symlink is missing

2007-11-03 Thread Ming Hua
I'll summarise my opinion stated on IRC: As libgdal1-dev packages ships gdal-config, and the SONAME for the library is libgdal1.4.0.so.1, I believe the Debian package gets things right. People are supposed to use gdal-config to get the linking option, instead of hard-coding "-lgdal". I also beli

[Bug 159871] Re: libgdal.so symlink is missing

2007-11-03 Thread Emmet Hikory
The file is certainly not present, and it appears to be the intent to support an unversioned -dev package from the debian changelog for 1.4.0-1. ** Changed in: gdal (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- libgdal.so symlink is missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159871 You received t

[Bug 159871] Re: libgdal.so symlink is missing

2007-11-03 Thread Ming Hua
Ubuntu uses /usr/lib/libgdal1.4.0.so.1 (in package libgdal1) and /usr/lib/libgdal1.4.0.so (in package libgdal1-dev) file names. You should modify Delta3D to use -lgdal1.4.0 instead of -lgdal to do linking. There must be a reason for Debian to choose putting version number in the file name. You s