The function X11_KeyToUnicode is missing in libsdl in Edgy ( dapper ok)

[philippe-c]

This function is used by game build on SDL library in order to transform input of the keyboard into Unicode characters.
There is a risk that a lot of game build on SDL does not work with Edgy.
For instance all the games based on Torque will not work with edgy : http://www.garagegames.com/

This function has been removed in the current package libsdl 1.2( 1.2.10.3) .provided with edgy ( it works with dapper).

For your information a patch has been provided with libsdl1.2 (1.2.11-3), have a look on :
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/libs/libsdl1.2/libsdl1.2_1.2.11-3/changelog

Warning : all the libraries linked to libsdl should be updated in the same way.

How to reproduce :
1/ download the demo of torque available at : http://demos.garagegames.com/tge/TorqueGameEngineDemo-1.4.2-RC1.bin

2/ install it , launch in a console window : TorqueGameEngineDemo-1.4.2-RC1.bin

3/ follow the installation procedure : click on next

4/ go to the installation directory and launch : demo.bin

You get the folowing errors message and demo.bin crashes:
"demo.bin: symbol lookup error: demo.bin: undefined symbol: X11_KeyToUnicode"

This demo works with dapper.

[Ronny Bangsund (ronnyb)]

I have the same problem on Edgy i386. I consider it quite critical,
since I can't code without it.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Fixed in Feisty by merging this change from Debian:

libsdl1.2 (1.2.11-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * debian/rules:
    + Factored the udeb rules.

  * debian/patches/017_x11_keytounicode.diff:
    + New patch. Export X11_KeyToUnicode() to legacy applications, but warn
      about such usage to stderr (Closes: #376560).

 -- Sam Hocevar (Debian packages) <email address hidden> Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:03:51 +0200

Note, as mentioned in the Debian bug, that this is an internal function which should not be used by new SDL-using code.

[philippe-c (phc-cai)]

Thanks a lot

Philippe C