Re: [Fink-devel] gettext-dev and libiconv-dev dpendencies

[Peter O'G. <pe...@po...>]

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Martin Costabel wrote:
| Ben Hines wrote:
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|> On Dec 22, 2003, at 4:50 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
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|>> Solutions: Either one allows gettext-dev to Depend on libiconv-dev
|>> (but this not only violates policy but may also break bootstrapping,
|>> because gettext-dev might be needed before libiconv is built), or all
|>> packages that are susceptible to be hit
|>
|>
|>
|> That is never a solution and c an not be. Things are builddpeendsonly
|> for a reason, in this case to support gettext 2 in the future.
|
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| Yes, but the problem is that gettext-dev de facto already has a kind of
| run-time dependency on libiconv-dev (whatever run-time means for
| libraries):
|
| gettext-dev installs libintl.la, and this contains a line
|
| dependency_libs='  -L/sw/lib /sw/lib/libiconv.la'
|
| This is more than a mere BuildDepends should allow.
|
| The deeper problem here is this whole libtool *.la stuff (not that I
| claim to understand how it is really working) that mimicks the dylib
| system, but without the sophisticated version number system with its
| difference between compile-time and run-time names.
|

We probably should be editing the .la files buring the install process.
Actually, probably should edit the .pc and *-config scripts too. We need to
remove unnecessary libs from dependency_libs in .la files and the config/pc
files, also need to remove -L%p/lib and -I%p/include from these to help make
sure we get correct ordering of includes etc.

Peter

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Peter O'Gorman - http://www.pogma.com
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