Daniel Leidert wrote: > reassign 408574 deskbar-applet 2.14.2-4.2 > retitle 408574 deskbar-applet.pc defines dependency on python-gtk2-dev the > package misses > severity 408574 serious > thanks > > Does a > > pkg-config --print-errors --variable handlersdir deskbar-applet > > give you any output? I get: > > $ pkg-config --print-errors --variable handlersdir deskbar-applet > Package pygtk-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `pygtk-2.0.pc' > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable > Package 'pygtk-2.0', required by 'Deskbar Applet Handlers Location', not > found > > and that's why there is no output. That's a bug in the deskbar-applet > package, that defines a dependency via pkg-config file, but not via > Debian package dependencies. This bug should be reassigned to > deskbar-applet. > You can workaround the issue temporarily by installing/defining a > dependency to python-gtk2-dev for the package you want to build.
Your analysis is correct. Installing python-gtk2-dev did indeed solve the problem. The question now is, how to solve this issue properly. Having deskbar-applet depend on python-gtk2-dev seems a bit odd to me. Users shouldn't be forced to install python-gtk2-dev (and its dependencies) if they only want to use deskbar-applet as application imho. Maybe the deskbar-applet package should be split up into a deskbar-applet and deskbar-applet-dev package? Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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