#1134926 lis driver missing from package — libftdi-dev not in Build-Depends

Package:
lcdproc
Source:
lcdproc
Description:
LCD display driver daemon and clients
Submitter:
Date:
2026-04-26 15:43:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1134926#5
Date:
2026-04-25 23:01:17 UTC
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In a clean sbuild chroot, lcdproc's configure step doesn't find
libftdi (the legacy 0.x branch, not libftdi1) because libftdi-dev is
not listed in debian/control's Build-Depends. PKG_CHECK_MODULES fails
silently, sets enable_libftdi=no, and acinclude.m4 then skips the
`lis` driver (and any other libftdi-gated functionality) from the
build.

Thus, the shipped .deb has no lis.so.  Impacts folks with hardware
based on the VLSystem L.I.S MCE 2005 VFD, e.g.  the nMEDIAPC PRO-LCD-B 2x20 USB
bay LCD.

Fix verified locally on i386: rebuild ships lis.so and LCDd starts
cleanly with Driver=lis on the affected hardware.

Thanks for your attention to this matter!
#1134926#10
Date:
2026-04-26 15:38:51 UTC
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Yes, that's the result of https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810428

See also https://github.com/lcdproc/lcdproc/issues/41#issuecomment-271073657

TL;DR; I was asked in 2017 to remove dependency on libftdi because it depends on deprecated usb library.

Upstream project is not very active. I do not know if the situation will improve.

All the best
#1134926#15
Date:
2026-04-26 15:41:22 UTC
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Ok, no problem, closable bug then, sorry to bother.