** Description changed: - Since (open)motif provides libmotif3 compatiblity, it should properly transition from libmotif3. - This could be an issue for Lucid -> Precise upgrades. + [SRU] The debdiffs attached to this bug provide a libmotif3 virtual + package to properly transition from the libmotif3 package still present + in Lucid to the new libmotif4 packages in Precise, Quantal and Raring. + For Precise and Quantal, LP: #1187534 is fixed as well. + + [IMPACT] According to the whole archive statistics in Ubuntu's PopCon + [1], it appears there are still a significant number of libmotif3 + installations. + + #rank name inst vote old recent no-files (maintainer) + 8636 libmotif3 25238 45 18260 4 6929 (Debian Qa Group) + 18967 libmotif4 3683 115 3264 75 229 (Unknown) + + I believe this may be due to the number of proprietary packages that need libXm.so.3. + Searching for 'install libmotif3' returns a number of guides on installing some of these packages on Debian and Ubuntu, as well as guides on how to install libmotif3 from previous releases. + Since openmotif 2.3.3-5ubuntu2 in Quantal and 2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1 in Precise (LP: #818220), libmotif4 has provided symlinks for libXm.so.3 and the other libmotif3 libraries, but did not provide a libmotif3 transitional package and thus libmotif3 was never properly transitioned to libmotif4. + + [Test Case] + Install libmotif3 from Lucid then verify that libmotif3 is upgraded and libmotif4 is installed: + $ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/o/openmotif/libmotif3_2.2.3-4_amd64.deb + $ sudo dpkg -i libmotif3_2.2.3-4_amd64.deb + $ sudo apt-get update + $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade + Reading package lists... Done + Building dependency tree + Reading state information... Done + Calculating upgrade... Done + The following NEW packages will be installed: + libmotif4 + The following packages will be upgraded: + libmotif3 + 1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. + + As libmotif4 is multi-arch, the test should be repeated for i386, i.e. + $ wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/o/openmotif/libmotif3_2.2.3-4_i386.deb + $ sudo dpkg -i libmotif3_2.2.3-4_i386.deb + And so on, as above. + + [Regression Potential] + Minimal: the fix only affects packaging, however the large number of users with libmotif3 installed are going to be offered an unexpected upgrade. + New bugs may have been introduced in openmotif 2.3.3, but libmotif3 compatibility has been in Ubuntu for some months now and there have been no bugs reported. + Should libmotid3 users be affected, they can revert to libmotif3 from Lucid until such time as a fix is released, or until they are upgraded to motif 2.3.4 available in Saucy. + + [1] http://popcon.ubuntu.com/ + + --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + The fix has released in motif 2.3.4-4 in Debian and is currently in the + Binary NEW queue due to the new libmotif3 transitional package. It is + expected to land in Saucy within a week or so.
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