[Lazarus] Work around Ubuntu dependences 0.9.26

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Hello:

I have unpacked lazarus-ide_0.9.26-0_i386.deb, removed the dependence  
on libglib1.2ldbl, packed again and installed it with no problem.  
Everything seems to work fine.

Regards
Santiago A.

> I have researched a little and I have understood this:
>
> Take it every thing with a grain of salt, I am not an expert in  linux,
> and I don't know if I have misunderstood the versions of packages.
>
> libglib.1.2.9 was just one package for GTK widget, but  after release
> 1.2.9,  libglib got split in two packages: libgtk for visual widgets,
> and libglib for auxiliary-non-visual functions  like  hash , lists etc.
> It seems that  ubuntu for 7.10 hasn't  libglib.1.2.9 and ubuntu 8.04 has
> renamed libglib.1.2.9 to "libglib1.2ldbl". I don't know what standard
> debian distro has done.
>
> So a lazarus may use
>    libglib.1.2.9 (renamed as "libglib1.2ldbl" for ubuntu 8.04, but not
> available in 7.10)
> xor
>    libgtk.>=1.2.10 and libglib >=1.2.10
>
> Does lazarus really need the old lib (I think from 2001)? if it doesn't,
> the old package libglib1.2ldbl could be removed from dependences.
>
> If lazarus needs old packages as well (to link with gtk1?) then the
> package should  to implement the "xor" function. (can deb packages do
> such thing?) or have two lazarus deb version.
>
> Ones again, I'm not very sure about versions or what lazarus could need
> the old libs for.
>
> Reagards
> Santiago A.
>
>
>
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