Bug 411847 – dev-libs/libev-4.11 Version bump

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Eray Aslan 2012-04-13 12:20:34 UTC]

dev-libs/libev-4.11 was released on Feb 4th, 2012.  Please bump when you can.  Thank you.

[Comment 1 Eray Aslan 2012-04-13 13:48:55 UTC]

Created attachment 308765 [details, diff]
libev-pc.patch

Also, please consider applying the attached patch which adds a pkg-config file to libev (stolen from redhat/fedora).  dev-libs/libverto (new package) which is a dependency for app-crypt/mit-krb5 needs it.  It will make my life easier.  Thank you.

[Comment 2 MATSUU Takuto (RETIRED) 2012-04-16 23:37:25 UTC]

in cvs. thanks.

[Comment 3 MATSUU Takuto (RETIRED) 2012-04-16 23:37:46 UTC]

close

[Comment 4 Luca Barbato 2013-03-09 11:55:11 UTC]

Libev upstream is one of those difficult ones, he is complaining loudly about the patch since his religion is against pkg-config and according to him he managed to get fedora to retract it.

Could you please drop this patch and change libverto to use something along the lines of

AX_CHECK_LIBRARY([LIBEV], [ev.h], [ev], [],
   [AC_MSG_ERROR([libev not found, libverto requires libev])])

(remember to add the ac archive m4 file if you want that)

[Comment 5 Yixun Lan 2013-03-11 01:39:49 UTC]

yes, I'm already aware this. I'd like to hear libvirto's upstream author and @eras idea first, do you want to change? otherwise drop this patch will break libverto.

if libverto upstream don't want to change, then I'd like to still keep this patch, because fixing A end of patching B, doesnt really bring any benefits. It simply transfer the maintainer burden.
and this is actual a trivial patch.

but,I'm not sure if this against GENTOO policy
(the maintainer have responsibility to drop the patch if upstream dont like it?)
please let me know

(In reply to comment #4)
> Libev upstream is one of those difficult ones, he is complaining loudly
> about the patch since his religion is against pkg-config and according to
> him he managed to get fedora to retract it.
> 
> Could you please drop this patch and change libverto to use something along
> the lines of
> 
> AX_CHECK_LIBRARY([LIBEV], [ev.h], [ev], [],
>    [AC_MSG_ERROR([libev not found, libverto requires libev])])
> 
> (remember to add the ac archive m4 file if you want that)

[Comment 6 Eray Aslan 2013-03-11 09:26:42 UTC]

I'll see what libverto upstream says about it (it is redhat as well, so...).  Bear with me for a bit.

[Comment 7 eroen 2014-01-25 12:47:39 UTC]

Please see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=715796 for an opinion on why adding random pkgconfig files is wrong. If libverto requires this pkgconfig file to build, consider if the correct place to fix that might be with libverto's upstream. :)

[Comment 8 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) 2014-07-07 02:10:31 UTC]

4.15 is in tree. Can this bug be marked as fixed?

[Comment 9 Yixun Lan 2014-07-07 08:28:37 UTC]

(In reply to Manuel Rüger from comment #8)
> 4.15 is in tree. Can this bug be marked as fixed?

Yes, as the tile, it's solved, so let close it.

for problem of adding 'random' pkgconfig, let's open another bugs (only if someone really care). personally I have no motivation to put effort in.. (was tried but fail)