[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#339463: ITP: glpk-shlib -- shared library for the GNU Linear Programming Kit

[Rafael Laboissiere]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org>


* Package name    : glpk-shlib
  Version         : 4.8
  Upstream Author : Andrew Makhorin <mao at mai2.rcnet.ru>
* URL             : http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html
* License         : GPL
  Description     : shared library for the GNU Linear Programming Kit

This package is being introduced with the sole purpose of getting the
following bug fixed:

    http://bugs.debian.org/310226
    
The octave2.9 package links against GLPK, but the glpk package only
provides a static library.  Since Octave uses loadable modules for its
functions, we need a gGLPK shared library.  I proposed a patch to both
the upstream authors and the glpk maintainer for using libtool:

    http://bugs.debian.org/335237
    
Since this patch does not seem to be used, we (the DOG,
http://pkg-octave.alioth.debian.org) decided to fork glpk as an interim
solution.  The proposed glpk-shlib package will be very slim, containing
only the shared library for GLPK (libglpk0) and will not conflict with
glpk. See the thread starting at:

    http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-octave-devel/2005-November/000705.html

A preliminary version of the package can be found at the following
apt-getable repository:

    http://people.debian.org/~rafael/glpk-shlib

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