Bug#572320: newt: Please drop the libgpm-dev dependency

2010-03-03 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:01:01 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > newt has its own copy of the libgpm source Eww. Shouldn't that get changed? Cheers, Julien signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#572320: newt: Please drop the libgpm-dev dependency

2010-03-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alastair McKinstry, le Wed 03 Mar 2010 10:09:05 +, a écrit : > I hadn't noticed this before - why does newt have its own copy of libgpm > (or why isn't libgpm-dev available for kfreebsd, etc) ? gpm itself is quite linux-specific in many ways, to handle VT multiplexing and such in the gpm daemo

Bug#572320: newt: Please drop the libgpm-dev dependency

2010-03-03 Thread Alastair McKinstry
Ok, I hadn't noticed this before - why does newt have its own copy of libgpm (or why isn't libgpm-dev available for kfreebsd, etc) ? Regards Alastair On 2010-03-03 10:01, Samuel Thibault wrote: Package: newt Version: 0.52.10-7 Severity: serious Tags: patch Justification: FTBFS on kfreebsd Hel

Bug#572320: newt: Please drop the libgpm-dev dependency

2010-03-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: newt Version: 0.52.10-7 Severity: serious Tags: patch Justification: FTBFS on kfreebsd Hello, Please drop the libgpm-dev dependency completely. Contrary to what the name suggests, gpm support in newt doesn't need libgpm, as newt has its own copy of the libgpm source (and it makes it FTBF