550856 – =dev-util/pkgconfig-0.28-r3 inherits autotools which creates dependency cycle

Bug 550856 - =dev-util/pkgconfig-0.28-r3 inherits autotools which creates dependency cycle

Summary: =dev-util/pkgconfig-0.28-r3 inherits autotools which creates dependency cycle

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Freedesktop bugs

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Reported:	2015-05-31 06:28 UTC by Fabian Groffen
Modified:	2015-06-01 06:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Avoid calling eautoreconf (pkgconfig-autotools.patch,8.77 KB, patch) 2015-05-31 15:23 UTC, Mike Gilbert	Details \| Diff
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Description Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev

2015-05-31 06:28:21 UTC

Portage complains:

(sys-devel/automake-1.12.4:1.12/1.12::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) depends on
 (sys-apps/texinfo-5.2:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
  (dev-perl/libintl-perl-1.230.0:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
   (virtual/libintl-0-r1:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
    (sys-devel/gettext-0.19.3:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (runtime)
     (dev-libs/libxml2-2.9.2-r1:2/2::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
      (virtual/pkgconfig-0-r1:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)
       (dev-util/pkgconfig-0.28-r3:0/0::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (runtime)
        (sys-devel/automake-1.12.4:1.12/1.12::gentoo_prefix, ebuild scheduled for merge) (buildtime)

This is a problem while bootstrapping.  Would it be possible to avoid autotools in non-live versions?

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2015-05-31 15:23:30 UTC

Created attachment 404374 [details, diff]
Avoid calling eautoreconf

pkgconfig-0.28-lfs.patch modifies configure.ac, so it's a little tricky to avoid calling automake.

Here's a patch that seems to do the job.

Comment 2 Alexandre Rostovtsev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-05-31 21:04:11 UTC

Thanks for reporting. Ugly patch is ugly, but I suppose the only alternative would be append-lfs-flags, which I don't want to put in a core ebuild that's used in all sorts of prefix systems.

+  31 May 2015; Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@gentoo.org>
+  pkgconfig-0.28-r3.ebuild, pkgconfig-9999.ebuild,
+  files/pkgconfig-0.28-lfs.patch:
+  We cannot use autotools.eclass in pkgconfig, it creates a circular dependency
+  (bug #550856, thanks to Fabian Groffen, Mike Gilbert).

Comment 3 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev

2015-06-01 06:41:26 UTC

thanks a lot!