Bug 1267853 - [nedit] requires lesstif instead of motif
Summary: [nedit] requires lesstif instead of motif
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Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nedit
Version: 23
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jindrich Novy
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-10-01 08:48 UTC by Joachim Frieben
Modified: 2016-12-20 14:50 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-12-20 14:50:16 UTC
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Description Joachim Frieben 2015-10-01 08:48:02 UTC
Description of problem:
The official Motif library landed in the Fedora package repository three years ago. Unlike packages like dx, package nedit still depends on lesstif which is a broken, incomplete and abandoned implementation of Motif.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
nedit-5.6-1.fc23

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install package nedit.

Actual results:
Package lesstif will be pulled in.

Expected results:
Package motif gets pulled in.

Additional info:
- A locally built package nedit depending on motif (actually, lesstif-(devel) has been replaced by motif-(devel) in the spec file) works as expected.
- Package lesstif should be removed from Fedora altogether since even its own developers urge users to move to Motif.

Comment 1 Joachim Frieben 2015-10-04 07:11:41 UTC
* Fri Oct 02 2015 Jon Ciesla <limburgher gmail com> - 5.6-2 - Move from lesstif to motif

Please rebuild for Fedora 23, too. Thanks!

Comment 2 Joachim Frieben 2015-11-29 10:28:35 UTC
* Fri Oct 16 2015 Kalev Lember <klember redhat com> - 5.1.25-3 - Rebuilt for libXm soname bump

Now, that grace has been rebuilt for Motif, the required package nedit should really be updated, too, thanks!

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