libmotif4 should provide libmotif3 symlinks (libXm.so.3, etc.)

[Graham Inggs]

[FFe] Please consider the patch attached to comment #3 of LP: #1026640 for a Feature Freeze exception.

[IMPACT]
Libmotif3 has been replaced in the repositories by libmotif4 which is binary compatible with the older version.
However, libmotif4 does not include the required symlinks.

[Test Cases]
The archive attached to comment #4 of LP: #1026640 contains executables Xmtest-libmotif3-i386, Xmtest-libmotif4-i386, Xmtest-libmotif3-amd64 and Xmtest-libmotif3-amd64.

Install package libmotif4 and verify that both Xmtest-libmotif3-* and Xmtest-libmotif4-*, as appropriate for your architecture, are able to be executed.

[Regression Potential]
Minimal: this change applies to additional library symlinks.

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According to the Open Motif 2.3.3 release notes:
http://www.motifzone.com/files/public_downloads/openmotif/2.3/2.3.3/RELEASE.txt
New location for release notes:
http://motif.ics.com/open-motif-233-release-notes

"1.1. Overview of Open Motif

Open Motif 2.3.3 is an updated version of Open Motif 2.3.
Any applications built against a previous 2.x release of Open Motif will be
binary compatible with this release."

Dependencies should also be revised, currently package libmotif4
Conflicts: libmotif3
Replaces: libmotif3

This should be updated to include:
Provides: libmotif3

And the following symlinks should be created:
libMrm.so.3 -> libMrm.so.4
libUil.so.3 -> libUil.so.4
libXm.so.3 -> libXm.so.4

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

The Provides should be *in addition* to Conflicts and Replaces

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

debdiff for Quantal attached to LP: #1026640

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

This should be pretty safe to do. There is only one reverse-dependency in the archive, this can't affect much.

I have no idea why they changed the soname if they are binary compatible, but whatever :)

You have an FFe.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openmotif - 2.3.3-5ubuntu2

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openmotif (2.3.3-5ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * Convert to multiarch (LP: #1026640). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
  * Provide backwards compatibility with libmotif3 (LP: #818220).
  * Provide display manager entry for Motif Window Manager (LP: #310895)
 -- Graham Inggs <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:23:00 +0200

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Hello Graham, or anyone else affected,

Accepted openmotif into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openmotif/2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Graham Inggs (ginggs)]

After installing libmotif4 2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1 from precise-proposed, I was able to run Xmtest-libmotif3-amd64 and Xmtest-libmotif3-amd64 from the archive attached to comment #4 of LP: #1026640.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openmotif - 2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1

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openmotif (2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Convert to multiarch (LP: #1026640). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
  * Provide backwards compatibility with libmotif3 (LP: #818220).
  * Provide display manager entry for Motif Window Manager (LP: #310895)
 -- Graham Inggs <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:40:17 +0200

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.