Re: debian unstabel compilation error

["Arne Anka" <arne dot anka at gmx dot net>]

> > >> i don't know your proposal (adding the headers to flavio's deb?)
> > >
> > > How about looking it up in the archives instead of ranting off:
> >
> > how about reading further before ranting off?
>
> You haven't seen me rant off. ;)

well, i considered your "How about ..." a rant, but it may be adscribable  
to my poor english skills ...

> > my point was, that your proposal only would affect people reading this
> > list.
>
> No, it would affect everybody using the packages with the fixed
> build-dependencies.

right, as i said first: only people using and knowing of flavio's package.

> I fail to see what those have to do with this issue.

huh? they're the root of the evil -- every attempt to find the missing  
headers with apt-file or the debian-site is doomed to fail because the  
files/indices/indexes(? bad latin but maybe correct english?) used to find  
the package containing the both headers undoubtedly yields  
"xlibs-static-dev".
and this is wrong.
# apt-file search xf86misc.h
xlibs-static-dev: usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/xf86misc.h
# apt-file search xf86mscstr.h
xlibs-static-dev: usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/xf86mscstr.h

instead these files are in libxxf86misc-dev (now i get a bit confused -- i  
needed 2 packages to install, there was another header, too, contained in  
libxxf86vm-dev) and have been there for weeks if not month -- but the  
files/indices/indexes do not reflect this.

god natt, jag går hem nu ;-)