[csw-maintainers] Updated glib

[Mike Watters]

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John Ellson wrote:
> Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail:
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Date Submitted:             2009-05-12 15:32 CEST
>>> Last Modified:              2009-05-12 19:41 CEST
>>> ======================================================================
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> (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
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> .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.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> (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)
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> (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.

Before Generating the bug report, Try setting STRIP_LIBTOOL = 1 in your mGar
Makefile.

or if you are building by hand, after you run configure run gar/bin/fixlibtool
{Build Directory}


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Thanks,
Mike

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex,
and more violent.  It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage --
to move in the opposite direction."

* Albert Einstein 1879 - 1955
    US German-born Theoretical Physicist
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