Control: tags -1 + patch On 2018-05-13 09:06 +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Package: powertop > Version: 2.8-1+b2 > Severity: minor > Tags: upstream > > The powertop binary is linked with both -lncursesw and -lncurses which > does not make sense, since the latter is redundant. This is noticed by > dpkg-shlibdeps: > > ,---- > | dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: package could avoid a useless dependency if > debian/powertop/usr/sbin/powertop was not linked against > libncurses.so.6 (it uses none of the library's symbols) > `---- > > Will try to work out a patch as soon as I have the bug number. The attached patch fixes that. Should probably be forwarded/discussed upstream as well.
Description: Do not link with ncurses unnecessarily Linking with both ncursesw and ncurses is redundant. Author: Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/898533 --- --- powertop-2.8.orig/configure.ac +++ powertop-2.8/configure.ac @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \ strtoull \ ]) -PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncursesw ncurses], [LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS"], [ - AC_SEARCH_LIBS([delwin], [ncursesw ncurses], [], [ - AC_MSG_ERROR([ncurses is required but was not found]) +PKG_CHECK_MODULES([NCURSES], [ncursesw], [LIBS="$LIBS $ncurses_LIBS"], [ + AC_SEARCH_LIBS([delwin], [ncursesw], [], [ + AC_MSG_ERROR([ncursesw is required but was not found]) ], []) ])
