Bugzilla Bug 161472

Hi!

Please find attached libsmbios-0.12.4.ebuild.

libsmbios is a library that is used to provide access to as much BIOS
information as possible. It was developed by Dell, and in their systems it is
needed to upgrade firmware. A new tool to handle events/control some hardware
in the new Apple MacBooks (pommed, see below) relies on it as well.

libsmbios lives here:
http://linux.dell.com/libsmbios/main/index.html
And pommed, the tool I've mentioned, here:
http://www.jblache.org/projects/pommed/index.html

I suggest sys-apps/libsmbios. I wasn't able to compile pommed in my system, so
I will not contribute that ebuild. I hope someone else will in the future.

Daniel.

Created an attachment (id=106494) [edit]
ebuild

Seems to be missing a dev-libs/libxml2 DEPEND.

(Needed for build, regardless of 'xml' USE flag)

Created an attachment (id=107947) [edit]
new ebuild

Contributed by user pic0, at gentoo forums:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-530489-highlight-.html

Hi,

Firstly, well done on creating an ebuild for this. It'll be a benefit to many
once it is in the tree.

However, there seems to be an issue with src_install part. It doesn't install
any of the binaries (i.e. dellBiosUpdate).

Maybe if I get around to learning the ebuild schema I will fix it myself, but
for now I'll have to leave it to someone else

Cheers

Created an attachment (id=108039) [edit]
Ebuild for libsmbios-0.13.0

This is a really simple ebuild (it is my first - so be gentle), but at least it
appears to install the binaries. I have removed all the use flags - mostly
because I can't find information in the libsmbios Makefile as to these
features.

Feel free to update it with some use flags - I look forward to learning how to
do such things

Cheers

libsmbios is needed by hal in git, so will be needed when hal has a new
release. Does anyone want to maintain this package?

And 0.13.3 is out, also the first ebuild works fine when bumped, use flags can
be used but there isn't much point to them.

(In reply to comment #7)
> And 0.13.3 is out, also the first ebuild works fine when bumped, use flags can
> be used but there isn't much point to them.
> 

The point is only Dell users need the binaries. I don't. ;-)

Isn't libmsbios a source package? That or C++ is now considered binary.

(In reply to comment #9)
> Isn't libmsbios a source package? That or C++ is now considered binary.
> 

Sorry, I meant the dellBiosUpdate and similar dell-specific executables. :p

I didn't know how to tell the ebuild not to install them though. That was just
chance.

In cvs