Ubuntu
debhelper package

${pkgconfig:Depends}

Bug #30635 reported by j^
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Bug Description

for libs and the coresponding -dev packages it would be
nice to be able to add ${pkgconfig:Depends} to the Depends: stanca in debian/controll to get all packages that are listed in
the pkgconfig file libname.pc, like
Requires: glib-2.0
would resulit in libglib2.0-dev

the biggest problem is to get a mapping from the pkg-config
filename to the package that contains that .pc file.

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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote :

Aren't the dependencies computed by dpkg-shlibdeps sufficient ?
For example, if you have a .pc which says Requires: glib-2.0 then your .so's or executables will, when scanned by dpkg-shlibdeps, produce appropriate dependencies on the relevant .deb.

Changed in dpkg:
assignee: nobody → ijackson
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Ian, j^ appears to be talking about -dev packages, not library runtime packages.

This feels like it should be handled at a higher level than dpkg, though.

Ian Jackson (ijackson)
Changed in dpkg:
assignee: ijackson → nobody
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

debhelper seems like the most likely place for this sort of thing.

Scott Ritchie (scottritchie)
Changed in debhelper (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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