Bug#378511: [xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#378511: libxml2-dev: libxml2.la's dependency_libs contains -lz, but zlib1g-dev|libz-dev is not depended upon anymore

[Nicolas Boullis]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 07:45:03PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > 
> > This is clearly related to #374017; the fix to this bug was incomplete.
> > It causes FTBFS in packages that build-depend on libxml2-dev but not
> > zlib1g-dev|libz-dev, and that use libtool. (See for example #378374.)
> 
> In the meanwhile, I remembered that libxslt, that I built with the new
> libxml2 to verify the changes to libxml2-dev dependencies don't break
> everything, also uses libtool. So, wondering what was the matter, I also
> remembered libxslt is autoreconfed.
> 
> To solve the problem, then, all you have to do is relibtoolize your
> package. This can be achieved by running autoreconf. You will need
> libtool, autoconf2.13 and automake1.9. That solves the issue much better
> than adding useless build-dep AND dependency on zlib.

To be honnest, I know very little about libtool (and only little more 
abour automake and autoconf), so I tried to "autoreconf" my package...
Unfortunately, it did not make any difference, and I can't understand 
why you would expect that "relibtoolizing" ou "autoreconfing" the 
application can fix anything if the problem actually is in 
/usr/lib/libxml2.la ...


Cheers,

Nicolas