Bug 209255

Summary:	app-text/libspectre-0.2.0 won't compile with ghostscript-esp or ghostscript-gnu
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	mwolejko
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Description mwolejko 2008-02-07 14:39:58 UTC

libspectre-0.2.0 has a dependency on virtual/ghostscript. 

The ghostscript virtual package is further satisfied by ghostscript-esp, ghostscript-gnu, or ghostscript-gpl

However, with the current most up-to-date versions of ghostscript-esp (~8.15.4) or ghostscript-gnu (~8.60.0-r1) you get the following error when trying to compile libspectre:

checking for libgs >= 8.61... no
configure: error: You need libgs >= 8.61 in order to compile libspectre

Removing the offending flavors of ghostscript and emerging ghostscript-gpl (8.61-r1) resolves the problem. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have either ghostscript-esp or ghostscript-gnu installed.
2. Try to emerge libspectre-0.2.0
3. Fail.

Actual Results:  
Error in the configuration process, failed compile.


It seems the current versions of ghostscript-esp and ghostscript-gnu, while good enough to satisfy the virtual/ghostscript requirement, are not high enough to satisfy the requirements of libspectre-0.2.0. 

ghostscript-gpl works fine though, and is actually stable. Maybe the dependency should be changed from the virtual ghostscript package to the specific ghostscript-gpl package?

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-02-07 15:34:06 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 209251 ***