lucid libapreq2 references nonexistent libuuid.la

[Jacobsallan]

Binary package hint: libapreq2

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy libapreq2
libapreq2:
  Installed: 2.08-5.1
  Candidate: 2.08-5.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.08-5.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The problem was discovered in a project that links against the Apache request library. The work around is to hack a local copy of libapreq2.la, change it's contents, and link against the local copy.

The lucid package libapreq2 includes file /usr/lib/libapreq2.la which contains a reference to libuuid.la. A diff for a fixed version appears below.
$ diff /usr/lib/libapreq2.la ./libapreq2.la
17c17
< dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib/libexpat.la /usr/lib/libapr-1.la /usr/lib/libuuid.la -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -ldb'
---
> dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib/libexpat.la /usr/lib/libapr-1.la -luuid -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -ldb'
35c35
< libdir='/lib'
---
> libdir='/usr/lib'

The file /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_apreq2.la contains another reference. The line for dependency_libs should read
dependency_libs=' /lib/libapreq2.la -ldb /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib/libexpat.la /usr/lib/libapr-1.la -luuid -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libapreq2 2.08-5.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Sep 29 11:40:19 2010
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: libapreq2

[Jacobsallan (jacobsallan)]

I tried downloading the patch thinking I would submit a patch. But the beast built correctly. Maybe it builds incorrectly on a real Debian machine and then gets copied into Ubuntu?

% bzr branch lp:ubuntu/lucid/libapreq2 libapreq2
% cd libapreq2
% ./configure --with-apache2-apxs=/usr/bin/apxs2 --with-apreq2-config=/usr/bin/apreq2-config
% make
% cd library
% diff /usr/lib/libapreq2.la ./libapreq2.la
17c17
< dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib/libexpat.la /usr/lib/libapr-1.la /usr/lib/libuuid.la -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -ldb'
---
> dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libaprutil-1.la /usr/lib/libexpat.la /usr/lib/libapr-1.la -luuid -lrt -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -ldb'
25c25
< installed=yes
---
> installed=no

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package libapreq2 - 2.13-1

---------------
libapreq2 (2.13-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    * Properly links in libapr-1 when building binaries.
      (Closes: #615739)
  * Don't install .la files (remove from libapreq2-dev.install and
    libapache2-mod-apreq2.install); the one we installed was broken,
    and they're generally discouraged anyway.
    (Not reported in Debian, but LP: #651396, and fixes a Lintian error.)
  * Update to Standards-Version 3.9.1 (no changes needed).
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:02:37 +0000