Bug#427992: libgnome2-ruby1.8: mkmf-gnome2.rb requires pkg-config.rb, which is not included in any package at all

[Maxim Neumann]

Package: libgnome2-ruby1.8
Version: 0.16.0-2
Severity: normal

Hello,

mkmf-gnome2.rb requires pkg-config.rb, which cannot be found in any
package of the current unstable ruby-gnome2 release.  but it
(pkg-config.rb) is available in the upstream sources of ruby-gnome2.
This breaks build-depends for various ruby tools.

For example, using build-depends of libgnome2-ruby, pbuilder says at
some point:

cd ./ext && ruby extconf.rb &&  cd ..
*** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more
details.  You may need configuration options.

Provided configuration options:
      --with-opt-dir
      --without-opt-dir
      --with-opt-include
      --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
      --with-opt-lib
      --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
      --with-make-prog
      --without-make-prog
      --srcdir=.
      --curdir
      --ruby=/usr/bin/ruby1.8
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf-gnome2.rb:13:in `require': no such file to load -- pkg-co
nfig (LoadError)
      from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/mkmf-gnome2.rb:13
      from extconf.rb:7:in `require'
      from extconf.rb:7
make: *** [config.status] Error 1
pbuilder: Failed autobuilding of package
-> Aborting with an error
-> unmounting dev/pts filesystem
-> unmounting proc filesystem
-> cleaning the build env
  -> removing directory /var/cache/pbuilder/build//23586 and its subdirectorie
s


I am neither a specialist for ruby, nor for packaging, and therefore
there might be an error be on my side. But I want to understand, what
is wrong. And why does one file requires another, which is not
included at all, although available in the upstream sources?

Thanks,
Maxim


p.s. the unstable versions of libxxx-ruby have been tested with pbuilder.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
 APT prefers stable
 APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)


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