[Pkg-hhvm-team] Bug#809873: Bug#809873: hhvm: FTBFS with libpng16

[Tobias Frost]

Am Donnerstag, den 07.01.2016, 08:55 -0800 schrieb Faidon Liambotis:
> On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 09:06:58AM +0100, Tobias Frost wrote:
> > Reopening, as it still B-D on libpng12-dev
> 
> ...which is the only version available in unstable. If we were to
> switch
> the B-D to libpng16-dev the package would FTBFS in unstable. I don't
> see
> how this is our bug: we cannot change the build-dependency to a
> package
> that exists only in experimental. This MBF feels... a bit premature
> :)
> 
> We /could/ however switch our B-D to libpng12-dev | libpng-dev
> immediately, since HHVM builds with both. It seems libpng12 Provides
> libpng-dev, but libpng16 does not, any reason why?
> 
> Faidon

Just switch to libpng-dev and you'll be fine. libpng-dev is currently
provided by libpng12-dev as a virtual package, also in sid.

It is actually planned to "throw the switch" by libpng12 stopping and
libpng16 starting to deliver libpng-dev. 

--
tobi