[csw-maintainers] graphviz: pushed to unstable - problem analysis, solution, and next issue

[John Ellson]

Dago,

This really sounds like a lot of work for a one-time problem.

Is there an alternative?    Could graphviz-2.28.0 be installed on the
current build hosts and then ImageMagic rebuilt for a simultaneous release?

John




On 06/02/2011 05:58 PM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Am 02.06.2011 um 23:42 schrieb John Ellson:
>> Next problem:
>>
>>    - Can someone advise me how to deal with the ImageMagic issue of
>> depending on the older graphviz libraries?
>> Maciej made changes (thank you) so that this won't be a problem next
>> time, but this time its still a problem.
>>
>> I think Maciej suggested shipping the old libs along with the new
>> packages?   Is it kosher to just copy the old binary images
>> in to the new packages?  How would I actually do that?
> The "classical" approach is to use a version modulation and build all
> necessary versions in one build and then merge them. As this can be tricky
> the "modern" approach is to just use different recipes to build the libraries.
> See for example libflac4, libflac7 and libflac8 which build the necessary
> libraries. Also
>   libtool/branches/libldtl3
>   libttol/branches/libtool24
> could be used to study the technology (please don't use the path layout
> from libtool, though. The correct one is the one used for libflac*).
>
>
> Best regards
>
>   -- Dago
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