[Bug 1660915] Re: gnutls.pc should not directly link to libz.so in Libs.private

[Andreas Metzler]

Now also reported as https://bugs.debian.org/857943 and forwarded
upstream.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #857943
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857943

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Title:
  gnutls.pc should not directly link to libz.so in Libs.private

Status in gnutls28 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  # Description
  In /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/gnutls.pc installed by libgnutls-dev :

  Libs.private is used by pkg-config to give link flags when using the "
  --static" option.

  So Libs.private should contains internal libs used by gnutls to allow user to link statically with
  gnutls.

  If there is a direct link to a .so file, it's break static
  compilation.

  The direct path to libz.so should be replace by "-lz"

  # Ubuntu version
  Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10

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