Re: [dev] libixp and wmii compile error

On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:00:03AM +0200, Davide Anchisi wrote:
>Two more things, now (I hope not to stress you, I just want to help
>make wmii better):

Not to worry. I like feedback.

> -1-
>The installed wmii works, but I get the following error messages while
>installing it (version hg-2759, as well some of the previous. To
>install I am using 'dpkg -i wmii*.deb'):

Hm. Yes, pygmi isn't python2.5 compatible. Most of the errors
just need 'from __future__ import with_statement', but the
others might be tricky.

> -2-
>During the wmii compilation process (via make deb) there are these warnings:
>
>dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XInternAtoms used by
>debian/wmii-hg/usr/lib/libwmii_hack.so found in none of the libraries.
>dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XInternAtom used by
>debian/wmii-hg/usr/lib/libwmii_hack.so found in none of the libraries.
>dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XChangeProperty used by
>debian/wmii-hg/usr/lib/libwmii_hack.so found in none of the libraries.
>dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: symbol XGetWindowProperty used by
>debian/wmii-hg/usr/lib/libwmii_hack.so found in none of the libraries.
> dh_installdeb
> dh_gencontrol
>dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package wmii-hg: unused substitution
>variable ${python:Versions}
>dpkg-gencontrol: warning: package wmii-hg: unused substitution
>variable ${python:Depends}

Don't worry about them. The first warnings are unaviodable, and
amount to silly pedantry. As for the others, I prefer not to
require python, since the python config is optional, but I
suppose I could add it to the Suggests list.

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Kris Maglione
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