Xastir's configure script probes for proj before geotiff, yes.
This dependency in configure is an odd, ancient relic of when libgeotiff was
in NO package management systems and most users had to build it from source
by themselves. That generally meant they got static libraries, not shared,
and so
On 8/29/23 16:26, Christoph Berg wrote:
Feel free to close this issue if you don't intend to apply the patch.
TBH I'd rather keep it in there, I don't know enough about libgeotiff
so I can't know if I would notice if it dropped the libproj-dev
dependency some day, and then Xastir would stop usi
Christoph,
de Dave KB3EFS
Keeping the B-D is a must so that offline maps can be built from online
sources provided by the U.S. Government.
Please consult with Tom Russo KM5VY (the last developer to touch the
entire Xastir source code) before any changes. I have CC'd him with this
email.
T
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On 8/29/23 16:07, Christoph Berg wrote:
Your package build depends on libproj-dev but doesn't link to libproj nor
include proj.h.
Xastir uses libgeotiff-dev, which depends on libproj-dev, so dropping
the B-D wouldn't make it not use it.
The build dependencies the
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Re: Bas Couwenberg
> Your package build depends on libproj-dev but doesn't link to libproj nor
> include proj.h.
Xastir uses libgeotiff-dev, which depends on libproj-dev, so dropping
the B-D wouldn't make it not use it.
Since configure.ac contains an explicit check for
Source: xastir
Version: 2.2.0-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Your package build depends on libproj-dev but doesn't link to libproj nor
include proj.h.
The attached patch drops the unused build dependency.
Kind Regards,
Bas
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