On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:41:32 +0100 Vlastimil Zima <vlastimil.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: libicu-dev > Version: 63.1-6 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Dear Maintainer, > > after upgrading libicu-dev, I can't install PyICU using pip, due to an error: > > FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'icu-config': > 'icu-config' > > I found no replacement of the icu-config, hence I assume the file disappeared > by an accident. > > When I downgrade libicu-dev back to 60.2-6, it works.
Hi, I'm not the maintainer but here's some further information. That is already reported as a bug in PyICU: https://github.com/ovalhub/pyicu/issues/92 It appears the removal of icu-config is due to it being deprecated upstream, and not working with Debian's multi-arch system. So its disappearance is not an accident. https://bugs.debian.org/898820 Quoting from http://userguide.icu-project.org/howtouseicu "The recommended way to use ICU in Makefiles is to use the pkg-config files [...] This is preferred over the deprecated icu-config script." Regards, Juhani
