Bug#326199: libgtk2.0-dev breaks pkg-config with unsatisfiable requirement

[Daniel Stone]

On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 13:22 -0400, David Nusinow wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 06:42:15PM +0200, Fionn Behrens wrote:
> > On Fr, 2005-09-02 at 18:13 +0200, Sebastien Bacher wrote: 
> > > Le jeudi 01 septembre 2005 à 09:01 +0200, Fionn Behrens a écrit :
> > > > Package: libgtk2.0-dev
> > > > Version: 2.8.2-1
> > > > Severity: important
> > > > Tags: experimental
> > > > 
> > > > In /usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-2.0.pc gdk requires a package "x11" but there
> > > > is no package in the entire debian repository that contains the file
> > > > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11.pc to satisfy this requirement.
> > > > Effectively, this prevents a lot of software that uses pkg-config from
> > > > building properly!
> > > 
> > > That would be a xorg issue, not a GTK one ....
> > 
> > It is a general issue, because there is no package anywhere in debian at
> > all, be it xorg or x11 or whatever, that carries this required file.
> > 
> > If your package needs this file, then YOU should probably file a bug against
> > whoever you think should take action. 
> > Until then, please try to avoid breaking the build config of normal
> > debian users. (earlier versions of libgtk2.0-dev went fine without the
> > x11 requirement)
> 
> I haven't looked yet, but I believe that x11.pc will ship with the modular
> X tree, i.e. 7.0.

Correct.