[FFe] Please transition openmotif to multi-arch

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

The attached debdiff has the following changes:
Provide backwards compatibility with libmotif3 (LP: #818220). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
Convert to multiarch (LP: #1026640). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
Provide display manager entry for Motif Window Manager (LP: #310895)

I have tested this in Quantal in a VM and tested in Precise using a package built in my PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~ginggs/+archive/ppa

The attachment contains source and four executables compiled for i386 and amd64, each against libmotif3 and libmotif4.

The executable opens a Motif window and containing a pushbutton with the Ubuntu logo, right-clicking in the empty space should cause a popup menu to appear.

Can we test the reverse dependency: arb?

Instead of bumping to compat 9, can you just pass the multiarch --libdir and --libexecdir options to configure?

The attached patch reverts to compat 6, removes dh-exec and creates the libmotif3 symlinks in debian/rules instead of libmotif4.links.

I have tested installing the package 'arb' from the repository and was able to run 'arb' which opened a motif window. Although not being familiar with the application, I didn't test any further.

I was also able to build arb 5.3-4ubuntu1 from source.

Resetting to new so it gets on the release team's radar

dropping sponsors as there is nothing to sponsor atm. As soon as you get the FFe, please subscribe the sponsors again.

Thanks,

Fabrice

From a release perspective, go ahead (FFe ack), but I didn't review the diff, so that needs sponsor review.

Uploaded: thank you very much for your work!

This bug was fixed in the package openmotif - 2.3.3-5ubuntu2

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openmotif (2.3.3-5ubuntu2) quantal; urgency=low

  * Convert to multiarch (LP: #1026640). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
  * Provide backwards compatibility with libmotif3 (LP: #818220).
  * Provide display manager entry for Motif Window Manager (LP: #310895)
 -- Graham Inggs <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:23:00 +0200

The symlinks scare me; seems weird that they bumped soname when compatibility wasn't broken... Nevertheless, uploaded. Thanks!

There are two packages in precise that depend on openmotif: dx and xastir. Before we can consider an SRU for multiarch support, these reverse-dependencies need to be tested to ensure we haven't regressed buildability. Has this been done?

From what I can see, in Precise both 'dx' and 'xastir' are built against lesstif2, not openmotif.

However, I was able to build 'xastir' against my proposed openmotif package. I wasn't able to build 'dx' on my first attempt, but I think that is a related to a problem with GraphicsMagick, not openmotif:

../dxmods/.libs/libDXMODS.a(_im_image.o): In function `write_im':
[...]/dx-4.4.4/src/exec/dxmods/_im_image.c:494: undefined reference to `ConstituteComponentTerminus'
[...]/dx-4.4.4/src/exec/dxmods/_im_image.c:305: undefined reference to `TemporaryFilename'
[...]/dx-4.4.4/src/exec/dxmods/_im_image.c:332: undefined reference to `ConstituteComponentTerminus'
[...]/dx-4.4.4/src/exec/dxmods/_im_image.c:378: undefined reference to `ConstituteComponentTerminus'
[...]/dx-4.4.4/src/exec/dxmods/_im_image.c:349: undefined reference to `ConstituteComponentTerminus'

Hello Bryan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted openmotif into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openmotif/2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

After installing libmotif4 and libmotif4:i386 2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1 from precise-proposed, I was able to run Xmtest-libmotif4-i386 and Xmtest-libmotif3-amd64 from the archive attached to comment #4 of LP: #1026640.

This bug was fixed in the package openmotif - 2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1

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openmotif (2.3.3-5ubuntu1.12.04.1) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Convert to multiarch (LP: #1026640). Thanks Sergio Gelato.
  * Provide backwards compatibility with libmotif3 (LP: #818220).
  * Provide display manager entry for Motif Window Manager (LP: #310895)
 -- Graham Inggs <email address hidden> Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:40:17 +0200

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.