[csw-maintainers] [libxext_devel 0004314]: xext.pc has xextproto as requirement, but no package dependency

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Roger,

Am 27.02.2010 um 05:56 schrieb Roger Håkansson:
> On 2010-02-27 05:43, Mantis Bug Tracker wrote:
>> 
>> The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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>> http://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4314
> ...
>> xext.pc has xextproto as requirement but libext_devel doesn't have
>> x11_xextproto (or xextproto whichever is the correct package) as dependency
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>> 
> 
> Suggestion:
> Couldn't this kind of check be done with a checkpkg module? (No, I can't write it myself, I'm illiterate when it comes to python)

The more interesting question is: If the dependency is real, why hasn't
it been cought up during link symbol checking? I don't see much value in
checking redundant .pc files.


Best regards

  -- Dago