[csw-maintainers] Updated glib

[John Ellson]

Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
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>> Date Submitted:             2009-05-12 15:32 CEST
>> Last Modified:              2009-05-12 19:41 CEST
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>> Summary:                    libgdk_pixbuf.la references non-existent 
>> .la files,
>> breaks graphviz builds
>> Description:
>> Building graphviz fails with:
>>
>> /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link cc  -g -version-info 
>> 6:0:0
>> -L/opt/csw/lib -o libgvplugin_gdk_pixbuf.la -rpath /opt/csw/lib/graphviz
>> gvplugin_gdk_pixbuf.lo gvdevice_gdk_pixbuf.lo ../../lib/gvc/libgvc.la
>> -L/opt/csw/lib -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lglib-2.0
>> -lintl
>> grep: /opt/csw/lib/libgmodule-2.0.la: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>>
>> I believe this error is originating from:  
>> /opt/csw/lib/libgmodule-2.0.la
>> which contains a reference to this non-existent file.  (Also to ls:
>> /opt/csw/lib/libgobject-2.0.la and /opt/csw/lib/libglib-2.0.la)
>>
>>
>> A more general question is: why are .la files being installed at all by
>> opencsw?
>> I don't understand all the rationale, but I note that Fedora does not
>> install any .la files.
>>
>>
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>>
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>> (0006105) John Ellson (reporter) - 2009-05-12 16:13
>> http://opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3666#c6105
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Correction:
>>
>> I believe the problem originates in the installed:
>> /opt/csw/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la which references the non-existent 
>> files.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> (0006106) dam (reporter) - 2009-05-12 16:34
>> http://opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3666#c6106
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>> .la files were included in the past, but the current policy is to 
>> exclude
>> them:
>> <http://www.opencsw.org/standards/build>
>>
>> New packages should take care to EXCLUDE libtool .la files. They are not
>> helpful, and often create more problems than they solve. Unfortunately,
>> existing packages may need to preserve them, until all dependant 
>> packages
>> have their own configs adjusted to not use .la files.
>>
>> There is also a script which fixes Makefile to use linker directives
>> instead of .la files. The usage in GAR is documented at
>> <http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/gar/wiki/LibTool> Please ask on
>> maintainers@ for further advice if needed.
>>
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>> (0006107) phil (manager) - 2009-05-12 18:58
>> http://opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3666#c6107
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> this is actually a bug in gmodule.
>> Please file a bug with THAT package, to repackage without .la files.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> (0006108) John Ellson (reporter) - 2009-05-12 19:21
>> http://opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3666#c6108
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> This may *also* be a bug with gmodule, but *this* package is installing
>> /opt/csw/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la with broken references, so 
>> minimally it
>> needs to be repackaged without it.
>>
>> I'll file a bug against glib for /opt/csw/lib/libgmodule.la
>>
>> (I'm finding the .la files on the build8s host)
>>
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>> (0006109) phil (manager) - 2009-05-12 19:41
>> http://opencsw.org/bugtrack/view.php?id=3666#c6109
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> since the offending package is mine, please feel free to repackage 
>> and take
>> over glib.
>
> I have made an updated glib 1.2.10 package with the latest package
> structure (license/, no static libs, no .la) in testing/:
>
>  glib-1.2.10,REV=2009.05.13-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz
>  glib-1.2.10,REV=2009.05.13-SunOS5.8-sparc-CSW.pkg.gz
>
> The latest 1.x.y library, 1.3.15, builds a different shared library,
> whereas all the dependent packages rely on
>  /opt/csw/lib/libglib-1.2.so.0
>
> I guess it wouldn't make sense to recompile them against a newer 1.x
> version?

Thanks.    Graphviz does use glib2.0.

I'm afraid that I've caused some confusion.   I originally reported the 
libgdk_pixbuf.la problem
against the gdk_pixbuf package, and Phil said, rightly as it turns out, 
that it "wasn't caused by that package, perhaps glib."

Using:
    pkgchk -l -p /opt/csw/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la
I see that the real culprit is the CSWgtk2 package.

Sorry for the confusion.  I'll generate a Mantis report against gtk2 
requesting removal of its .la files.

John