Non-empty dependency_libs cause build error in unrelated packages

[Andreas Moog]

Example build of uns:

 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./Include -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DWITH_IPV6 -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES -DWITH_GZIP -D_LINUX -fPIC -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -c src/SemaphoreLinux.cpp -o SemaphoreLinux.o
/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./Include -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DWITH_IPV6 -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES -DWITH_GZIP -D_LINUX -fPIC -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -c -o ThreadLinux.lo `test -f 'src/ThreadLinux.cpp' || echo './'`src/ThreadLinux.cpp
 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./Include -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DWITH_IPV6 -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES -DWITH_GZIP -D_LINUX -fPIC -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -c src/ThreadLinux.cpp -o ThreadLinux.o
/bin/bash ../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -o libSyncLib.la EventLinux.lo RWLock.lo SemaphoreLinux.lo ThreadLinux.lo -lxerces-depdom -lxerces-c -lpthread -lrt -lxml2 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lcurl -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -lgsoapssl++ -lwsman -lwsman_clientpp -lssl -lcrypto
mkdir .libs
grep: /usr/lib/libxml2.la: No such file or directory
/bin/sed: can't read /usr/lib/libxml2.la: No such file or directory
libtool: link: `/usr/lib/libxml2.la' is not a valid libtool archive
make[3]: *** [libSyncLib.la] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/andreas/temp/uns-3.2.0.24/SyncLib'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/andreas/temp/uns-3.2.0.24'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andreas/temp/uns-3.2.0.24'
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

(precise-amd64)root@anubis:/home/andreas/temp/uns-3.2.0.24# grep libxml2.la /usr/lib/* -r
/usr/lib/libwsman.la:dependency_libs=' -lpthread /usr/lib/libxml2.la'
/usr/lib/libwsman_client.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libwsman_curl_client_transport.la -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.la /usr/lib/libxml2.la'
/usr/lib/libwsman_clientpp.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libwsman.la -lpthread /usr/lib/libwsman_client.la /usr/lib/libwsman_curl_client_transport.la /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.la /usr/lib/libxml2.la'
/usr/lib/libwsman_curl_client_transport.la:dependency_libs=' -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.la /usr/lib/libxml2.la'
/usr/lib/libwsman_server.la:dependency_libs=' /usr/lib/libxml2.la'

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package openwsman - 2.2.3-0ubuntu4

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openwsman (2.2.3-0ubuntu4) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/libopenwsman-dev.install: Don't install la-file (LP: #905538)
 -- Andreas Moog <email address hidden> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:00:37 +0100