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[RevEng <jamescooper@xxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Under Ubuntu 10.04, x11proto-xext-dev 7.1.1-2 doesn't properly make a
symbolic link for libXext.so.

Libraries have three names: the realname, which includes the full
version number (in this case, libXext.so.6.40), the loader name, which
includes only the API number (in this case, libXext.so.6), and the
linker name (which would just be libXext.so), which is used by the
linker when your are compiling against the library.

After installing x11proto-xext-dev, the file /usr/lib/libXext.so is
missing.  Normally this would be a symbolic link to either of the other
two files mentioned.  Because it is missing, linking against libXext
(using -lXext) fails, despite x11proto-xext-dev being installed.

It's a simple workaround to create the symbolic link manually.  The
cause of this bug can be difficult to find and the fix is very easy.  I
hope this will be fixed promptly.  I suspect this may need to be done
upstream (either by Debian or Xorg).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: x11proto-xext-dev 7.1.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 17 15:39:13 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
SourcePackage: x11proto-xext

** Affects: x11proto-xext (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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libXext.so symbolic link missing in /usr/lib
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/581988
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