[PACKAGING ERROR] libungif-devel and libXevie-devel reference nonexistant /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.la

[Dr. Volker Zell]

>>>>> Yaakov  writes:

    > On 2010-05-18 18:57, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
    >> /usr/lib/libXevie.la and /usr/lib/libungif.la reference non existant
    >> /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.la in their dependency_libs line.
    >> 
    >> This prevents for example pstoedit from linking.

    > FWIW, these *were* correct at the time it was built, but libxcb-xlib (a private
    > library meant to be used only by libX11) was removed for libxcb/libX11 1.2.

    > libXevie is no longer supported (the EvIE extension was removed from the X
    > server some time ago), so you should not be building anything against that
    > anymore.

    > As for libungif, it is deprecated due to the expiration of all known LZW
    > patents; libgif should be used instead.

I know, but it's anyway a bug which should be fixed. Otherwise the .la files are not useful.

Ciao
  Volker
  

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