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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 01:26:16 -0700 (PDT)
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

> I have:
> 
>  firefox-gtk2-0.8nb2.tbz expat-1.95.7.tbz XFree86-libs-4.4.0.tbz
> 
> ldd of firefox-gtk2 shows
>         libexpat.so.4 => not found
> 
> The expat package provides /usr/lib/libexpat.so.5.0.
> 
> I had built the firefox-gtk2 package before I had built expat package.
> 
> And on another machine these packages installed fine.
> 
> firefox-gtk2 doesn't appear to have any dependency on the expat package.
> 
> But looking closer with ldd of the libraries used by firefox-gtk, I see
> all of these also want the libexpat.so.4 (which doesn't exist).
> 
> /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.400
> 
> /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.400
> 
> /usr/lib/libpangoxft-1.0.so.399
> 
> /usr/lib/libXft.so.2
> 
> /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
> 
> /usr/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.399
> 
> 
> Maybe this is just a one-time isolated problem, but it seems like whatever
> wants libexpat should have more fine-tuned, not-open-ended dependency.
> 
> I had mentioned before about having dependencies also based on filenames,
> and I believe that is probably wrong.
> 
> But having a precise DEPENDS line is important.
> 
> It appears that my fontconfig-2.2.1nb3.tbz has a requirement of:
> expat>=1.95.4
> 
> And my XFree86-libs-4.4.0.tbz requires expat>=1.95.4 also.
> 
> But my expat-1.95.7.tbz is wrong (because library number changed).
> 
> Now I see why: expat was updated to version 1.95.7 on March 2.
> 
> But buildlink2 was last modified in October with the comment:
> 
>   expat >= 1.95.4 provide libexpat.4 which other packages need, so bump
>   BUILDLINK_DEPENDS accordingly.
> 
>   fixes build problems observed by a couple of users on tech-pkg,
>   well as fixing PR pkg/21325.
> 
> And buildlink3.mk has never had depends updated since its existence.

Should we add BUILDLINK_DEPENDS.expat+= expat>=1.95.7 to firefox packages then?
Or maybe change it in expat's bl3.mk?

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	Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org>

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