Ubuntu
curl package

curl-config uses krb5-config, but libcurl4-openssl-dev only Suggests libkrb5-dev

Bug #1794476 reported by Mekk
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Bug Description

Attempt to run curl-config on the system, on which libkrb5-dev is not installed, results in error

   /usr/bin/curl-config: krb5-config: not found

At the same time, libcurl4-openssl-dev only Suggests libkrb5-dev.

Either curl-config should gracefully handle lack of krb5-config, or the dependency should be stronger.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libcurl4-openssl-dev 7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-lowlatency 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Sep 26 11:25:10 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-18 (2046 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
SourcePackage: curl
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-11 (168 days ago)

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Mekk (marcin-kasperski) wrote :
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Karl Stenerud (kstenerud) wrote :

Are you running curl-config with particular arguments? When I install libcurl4-openssl-dev on a fresh 18.04 system, running curl-config with no arguments gives no errors.

Changed in curl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Mekk (marcin-kasperski) wrote :

IIRC I used
   curl-config --libs --static-libs

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for curl (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in curl (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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Mekk (marcin-kasperski) wrote :

Considering I just supported another colleague who faced this bug, let me mention that the problem is still present (in 20.04).

Simplest example:

$ sudo apt install libcurl4-gnutls-dev # Or some other variant
…

$ curl-config --static-libs
/usr/bin/curl-config: 1: krb5-config: not found
…

It is easily fixed by

$ sudo apt install libkrb5-dev

but once more: considering curl-config uses krb5-config, libcurl*-dev should depend on libkrb5-dev.

Changed in curl (Ubuntu):
status: Expired → New
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