[Python-modules-team] Bug#663403: FTBFS: cannot find -lgeos

[Andreas Beckmann]

Source: basemap
Version: 1.0.2-1
Severity: serious
Justification: fails to build from source

Hi,

basemap FTBFS in a clean and current sid chroot.
End of the build log:

gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6-pydebug/src/_geoslib.o -lgeos_c -lgeos -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6-pydebug/_geoslib_d.so
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgeos
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgeos
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: Command "gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6-pydebug/src/_geoslib.o -lgeos_c -lgeos -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6-pydebug/_geoslib_d.so" failed with exit status 1
[79572 refs]
dh_auto_build: python2.6-dbg setup.py build --force returned exit code 1
make: *** [build-arch] Error 1


Andreas