#1111093 gsocket: Switch away from depending on dpkg-dev

Package:
gsocket
Source:
gsocket
Description:
Allows two machines on different networks to communicate with each other
Submitter:
Guillem Jover
Date:
2026-08-15 18:51:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1111093#5
Date:
2025-08-14 16:35:51 UTC
From:
To:
Hi!

This package depends on dpkg-dev, due to its dependency on
dpkg-architecture. This implies that a user that wants to use gsocket,
will get all of build-essential pulled in. The other problem is that
dpkg-architecture will honor architectures set in the environment, so
it might end up giving the wrong pathname (that would not match the
current .deb arch)!

Checking the source it seems it only wants to know where to find the
shared object to use in LD_PRELOAD. But there should be no need for
that, as LD_PRELOAD can work with just a filename (not the entire
pathname), and it will look for it in the system configured library
paths. This would avoid both the dpkg-architecture call and the
dpkg-dev dependency.

If for some reason there was still a need for an absolute pathname,
then I'd recommend instead to get that at build time, and then replace
it in the shell script, so that the pathname always matches the
expected pathname for that .deb arch. This would also remove the need
for dpkg-architecture at run-time and the dpkg-dev dependency.

Thanks,
Guillem
#1111093#10
Date:
2026-08-15 18:49:50 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gsocket, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1111093@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org> (supplier of updated gsocket package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:28:47 -0500
Source: gsocket
Architecture: source
Version: 1.4.43-5
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org>
Changed-By: Daniel Echeverri <epsilon@debian.org>
Closes: 1111093 1138380
Changes:
 gsocket (1.4.43-5) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * debian/control
     + Remove dpkg-dev from B-D
     + Remove redundant Priority and Rules-Requires-Root fields
     + Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.4
   * debian/patches
     + Add 01_fix_ftbfs_with_libssl4.diff patch
       + Fix FTBFS with libssl4 (Closes: #1138380)
         + Thanks to logs for the patch!
     + Add 02_remove_dpkg-architecture.diff patch
       + Resolve the multiarch path at build time. (Closes: #1111093)
   * debian/rules
     + Replace multiarch path at build time
   * debian/watch
     + Update to Version 5
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