[xenial] xserver-xorg-dev should depend on libxfont1-dev

you need to build with xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04 instead

I mean either you build with xserver-xorg-dev & libxfont1-dev, or xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04 & libxfont-dev. Can't mix the two. Fix your pkg to match.

ok... I notified NeutrinoLabs about your recommendation and I assume they will remedy the xorgxrdp build process to accommodate this

close the bug report

xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04 & libxfont-dev doesn't work -- causes ABI version mismatch with xrdp-sesman

xserver-xorg-dev can't be installed with libxfont1-dev, as xserver-xorg-dev has an (unmatched) dependency on libx1font-dev.

This is totally broken.

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

yes, the -dev metapackage needs to be fixed and a fix has been uploaded to the queue

Timo, any idea what the eta is, so I know when to check back? Thanks.

you'll get notified when the package is accepted to -proposed

Update appreciated -- waiting for notification is not the same as an ETA. We're hard-down for one of our environments waiting for a fix here.

Thanks,
John

@John Arnold
There is a really simple workaround till this is fixed.

This worked for me and let me compile xorgxrdp. Not sure what your use
case is but...

step 1

*$ sudo touch /usr/include/X11/fonts/fontutil.h*

This file is owned by *root:root*, with mode *0o644*.

Then edit that file and put the following contents into it:

#ifndef _FONTUTIL_H_#define _FONTUTIL_H_
#include <X11/fonts/FSproto.h>
extern int FontCouldBeTerminal(FontInfoPtr);extern int
CheckFSFormat(fsBitmapFormat, fsBitmapFormatMask, int *, int *,
    int *, int *, int *);extern void FontComputeInfoAccelerators(FontInfoPtr);
extern void GetGlyphs ( FontPtr font, unsigned long count,
   unsigned char *chars, FontEncoding fontEncoding,
   unsigned long *glyphcount, CharInfoPtr *glyphs );extern void
QueryGlyphExtents ( FontPtr pFont, CharInfoPtr *charinfo,
    unsigned long count, ExtentInfoRec *info );extern Bool
QueryTextExtents ( FontPtr pFont, unsigned long count,
          unsigned char *chars, ExtentInfoRec *info );extern Bool
ParseGlyphCachingMode ( char *str );extern void InitGlyphCaching (
void );extern void SetGlyphCachingMode ( int newmode );extern int
add_range ( fsRange *newrange, int *nranges, fsRange **range,
         Bool charset_subset );
#endif /* _FONTUTIL_H_ */

                          = = = = = = = = = = =

Save the file and then do your compile/make etc and it should succeed.

Again, this is just a workaround till the bug gets fixed but it works for
me.

Brian

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> here.
>
> Thanks,
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@John Arnold
There is a really simple workaround till this is fixed.

This worked for me and let me compile xorgxrdp. Not sure what your use case is but...

step 1

$ sudo touch /usr/include/X11/fonts/fontutil.h

This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.

Then edit that file and put the following contents into it:

#ifndef _FONTUTIL_H_
#define _FONTUTIL_H_

#include <X11/fonts/FSproto.h>

extern int FontCouldBeTerminal(FontInfoPtr);
extern int CheckFSFormat(fsBitmapFormat, fsBitmapFormatMask, int *, int *,
    int *, int *, int *);
extern void FontComputeInfoAccelerators(FontInfoPtr);

extern void GetGlyphs ( FontPtr font, unsigned long count,
   unsigned char *chars, FontEncoding fontEncoding,
   unsigned long *glyphcount, CharInfoPtr *glyphs );
extern void QueryGlyphExtents ( FontPtr pFont, CharInfoPtr *charinfo,
    unsigned long count, ExtentInfoRec *info );
extern Bool QueryTextExtents ( FontPtr pFont, unsigned long count,
          unsigned char *chars, ExtentInfoRec *info );
extern Bool ParseGlyphCachingMode ( char *str );
extern void InitGlyphCaching ( void );
extern void SetGlyphCachingMode ( int newmode );
extern int add_range ( fsRange *newrange, int *nranges, fsRange **range,
         Bool charset_subset );

#endif /* _FONTUTIL_H_ */

                          = = = = = = = = = = =

Save the file and then do your compile/make etc and it should succeed.

Again, this is just a workaround till the bug gets fixed but it works for me.

Brian

Brian, thanks for the steps.

I tried adding the fontutil.h, but i still get ABI conflicts when using:

johnar@nettools1-co1:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep -e libxfont -e xserver-xorg-dev
ii libxfont-dev 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1 amd64 X11 font rasterisation library (development headers)
ii libxfont1:amd64 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 X11 font rasterisation library
ii libxfont2:amd64 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1 amd64 X11 font rasterisation library
ii xserver-xorg-dev 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.3 amd64 Xorg X server - development files

and I can't install libxfont1-dev with xserver-xorg-dev since xserver-xorg-dev requires libxfont-dev (conflict).

Trying xserver-xorg-dev-hwe-16.04 & libxfont-dev results in ABI conflicts too. I'm stuck.

hmm, looks like the notification was not sent here.. anyway, you can enable xenial-proposed and pull new xserver-xorg-dev from there, and if things look fine, change the tag to verification-done-xenial

Thanks Timo. Tag updated. Looks good, I got a successful build + connect using xserver-xorg-dev and libx1font-dev

libxfont1-dev should conflict with libxfont-dev, this is being tracked in bug 1709885

umm no, I'll just drop the conflicting files from libxfont1

or better yet, move them to the correct location, ha

"Thanks Timo. Tag updated. Looks good, I got a successful build + connect using xserver-xorg-dev and libx1font-dev" - yes I can confirm enabling xenial-proposed resolves issue for me too.

The verification of the Stable Release Update for xorg-server 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 regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package xorg-server - 2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.4

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xorg-server (2:1.18.4-0ubuntu0.4) xenial; urgency=medium

  * control: Build against libxfont1-dev. (LP: #1687981, #1707691)
  * disable-rotation-transform-gpuscreens.patch: Dropped, NVIDIA driver
    supports rotation now. (LP: #1706287)

 -- Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Jun 2017 14:53:19 +0300