Bug#651819: "pkgconfig --libs enchant" specifies unnecessary libraries
Package: libenchant-dev
Version: 1.6.0-6
Severity: minor
When I build lyx, dpkg-shlibdeps complains about it unnecessarily
linking against libgmodule, libglib, and librt.
It turns out that lyx depends on these libraries because it uses
enchant. Indeed:
$ pkg-config --libs enchant
-pthread -lenchant -lgmodule-2.0 -lrt -lglib-2.0
It appears that enchant can be used without explicitly depending on
the extra libraries. Please consider moving them to Libs.private in
enchant.pc.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libenchant-dev depends on:
ii libenchant1c2a 1.6.0-6
ii libglib2.0-dev 2.30.2-4
libenchant-dev recommends no packages.
libenchant-dev suggests no packages.
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