vlc-0.8.6b compiles just fine even with wxGTK without unicode support, so we could add unicode use flag again, as it seems that upstream supports vlc with wxGTK without unicode. I have wxGTK without unicode support installed: # equery uses wxGTK <cut> [ Found these USE variables for x11-libs/wxGTK-2.6.2-r1 ] U I <cut> - - unicode : Adds support for Unicode # ls -l /usr/lib/wx/config/ total 40 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 39414 2006-12-14 22:00 gtk2-ansi-release-2.6 and vlc-0.8.6b with following patch to ebuild compiles and runs just fine: --- /usr/portage/media-video/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b.ebuild 2007-05-07 17:35:55.000000000 +0200 +++ /usr/local/portage/myoverlay/media-video/vlc/vlc-0.8.6b.ebuild 2007-05-12 13:32:03.000000000 +0200 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ oss aalib ggi libcaca esd arts alsa wxwindows ncurses xosd lirc stream mp3 xv bidi sdl sdl-image png xml samba daap corba mod speex shout rtsp win32codecs skins hal avahi xinerama cddb directfb upnp nsplugin seamonkey -optimisememory libnotify jack musepack x264 dc1394" +optimisememory libnotify jack musepack x264 dc1394 unicode" RDEPEND=" >=media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9_p20050226-r1 @@ -129,7 +129,11 @@ pkg_setup() { if use wxwindows || use skins; then WX_GTK_VER="2.6" - need-wxwidgets unicode || die "You need to install wxGTK with unicode support." + if use unicode; then + need-wxwidgets unicode || die "You need to install wxGTK with unicode support." + else + need-wxwidgets gtk2 || die "You need to install wxGTK without unicode support." + fi fi if use skins && ! use truetype; then @@ -276,7 +280,7 @@ --disable-portaudio \ --disable-libtar \ --disable-optimizations \ - --enable-utf8 \ + $(use_enable unicode utf8) \ --enable-libtool \ $(use_enable nsplugin mozilla) \ XPIDL="${XPIDL}" MOZILLA_CONFIG="${MOZILLA_CONFIG}" \ # emerge -av vlc <cut> [ebuild R ] media-video/vlc-0.8.6b USE="X a52 aalib alsa dts dvb dvd fbcon flac hal lirc matroska mp3 mpeg musepack ncurses nsplugin ogg opengl oss png rtsp shout skins speex stream theora truetype v4l vcd vorbis win32codecs wxwindows x264 xml xosd xv -3dfx (-altivec) -arts -avahi -bidi -cdda -cddb -corba -daap -dc1394 -debug -directfb -esd -ggi -gnutls -httpd -jack -libcaca -libnotify -live -mod -optimisememory -samba -sdl -sdl-image -seamonkey -svg -svga -unicode -upnp -vlm -xinerama" 0 kB [2] <cut> >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-video/vlc-0.8.6b to / <cut> * Using /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-ansi-release-2.6 <cut> >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... >>> media-video/vlc-0.8.6b merged. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. USE=-unicode emerge -1 wxGTK 2. patch vlc-0.8.6b.ebuild to add unicode use flag support 3. USE=-unicode emerge vlc 4. see that it compiles and works without problem...
The following warning during configure can be safely ignored: checking for wx-config... /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-ansi-release-2.6 Warning: No config found to match: /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-ansi-release-2.6 --unicode in /usr/lib/wx/config If you require this configuration, please install the desired library build. If this is part of an automated configuration test and no other errors occur, you may safely ignore it. You may use wx-config --list to see all configs available in the default prefix. # wx-config --list Default config is gtk2-ansi-release-2.6 Default config will be used for output As said, compiles and runs just fine without unicode support in wxGTK.
what about bug #113449 ? what about http://wiki.videolan.org/Unicode ? what will happen if you have wxgtk 2.8 installed ?
I also have a similar problem, but I'd like to go back a little in history to explain, why some workarounds may have to be excluded due to them excluding the package audacity, just to name an experienced problem package. Yesterday I tried to emerge audacity which failed, until I found a bug report on bugs.gentoo.org, saying I should remerge wxGTK setting wxgtk and/or audacity to ~arch, and to reemerge audacity this way: USE="-unicode X" emerge -v audacity In my case ~arch is set to ~x86 in /etc/portage/package.keywords , after which audacity emerge successfully, also installing wxGTK-2.6. At the moment I have both wxGTK versions installed 2.4 and 2.6: wxGTK 2.4: ... ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.4.2-r4/LICENCE.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.4.2-r4/CHANGES-GTK.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.4.2-r4/README.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.4.2-r4/README-GTK.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/wx/ ./usr/share/wx/2.4/ ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/ ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/HelvO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/CourBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/HelvBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/TimesRo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/TimesO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/Helv.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/HelvBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/TimesBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/CourBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/TimesBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/CourO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/Zapf.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/afm/Cour.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/ ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/HelvO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/CourBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/HelvBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/TimesRo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/TimesO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/Helv.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/HelvBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/TimesBoO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/CourBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/TimesBo.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/CourO.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/Zapf.afm ./usr/share/wx/2.4/gs_afm/Cour.afm ./usr/share/aclocal/ ./usr/share/aclocal/wxwin.m4 ./usr/bin/ ./usr/bin/wxgtk2u-2.4-config ./usr/bin/wx-config ./usr/bin/wxgtk2-2.4-config wxGTK 2.6:... ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.6.3.3/ ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.6.3.3/readme.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/doc/wxGTK-2.6.3.3/changes.txt.bz2 ./usr/share/aclocal/ ./usr/share/aclocal/wxwin.m4 ./usr/bin/ ./usr/bin/wx-config-2.6 ./usr/bin/wxrc-2.6 ./usr/bin/wxrc >>> Done. * dev-libs/wxbase has been removed from portage. * wxBase is installed with wxGTK, as one of many libraries. * If only wxBase is wanted, -X USE flag may be specified. Now I tried to emerge vlc, even have it as with and/or without ~arch , in my case on ~x86 , but what ever I try I always get an error: USE="X -unicode" emerge -vn vlc These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild N ] media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1 USE="X a52 alsa dts dvb dvd lirc mp3 mpeg musepack ncurses nsplugin ogg oss png speex svga truetype v4l vcd vorbis win32codecs wxwindows xinerama xml xv -3dfx -aalib (-altivec) -arts -avahi -bidi -cdda -cddb -corba -daap -debug -directfb -esd -fbcon -flac -ggi -gnutls -hal -httpd -libcaca -libnotify -live -matroska -mod -opengl -optimisememory -rtsp -samba -sdl -sdl-image -seamonkey -shout -skins -stream -svg -theora -upnp -vlm -xosd" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 kB >>> Emerging (1 of 1) media-video/vlc-0.8.6-r1 to / * vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 MD5 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 RMD160 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 SHA1 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 SHA256 ;-) ... [ ok ] * vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking vlc-0.8.6.tar.bz2 ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking vlc-patches-38.tar.bz2 ;-) ... [ ok ]!!! set-wxconfig: Error: Can't find normal or debug version: !!! set-wxconfig: /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-release-2.6 not found !!! set-wxconfig: /usr/lib/wx/config/gtk2-unicode-debug-2.6 not found !!! You need to emerge wxGTK with unicode in your USE Now the problem is, to get audacity to work I had to compile wxGTK with USE="-unicode X", for vlc I seem to need the exact opposite compile flag, this is not very useful. As I can't past a attachment or don't know how to do so via links I will include my emerge --info in the next comment.
My emerge --info for the audacity wxGTK vlc problem: Portage 2.1.2.2 (default-linux/x86/2007.0, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.5-r2, 2.6.21 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.21 i686 Celeron (Mendocino) Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 13 May 2007 01:47:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.31-r5 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vm s/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli -php5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache cvs distlocks keeptemp keepwork metadata-t ransfer noclean notitles sandbox sfperms strict userpriv usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo ftp://ftp.snt.utw ente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo / ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/ pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributio ns/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/ http://pandemonium.tisca li.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.interg enia.de ftp://files.gentoo.org http://files.gentoo.org ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/li nux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/OS/gen too/ http://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/OS/gentoo/ http://ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/mirrors /gentoo/ ftp://ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inf.elte.h u/ ftp://gentoo.inf.elte.hu/ ftp://ftp.nyx.hu/gentoo http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/ge ntoo/ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/g entoo/ http://www.die.unipd.it/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo-sources/ ftp://ft p.unina.it/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gent oo/ ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.inode.at/ ftp://gento o.inode.at/source/ http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ ftp://gd.tuwien.a c.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ f tp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gent oo/distfiles/ ftp://ftp.linux.ee/pub/gentoo/distfiles/ http://ftp.public.fix.fi /gentoo/ ftp://ftp.public.fix.fi/gentoo http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/ http: //ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://gentoo.imj.fr/pub/gentoo/ ftp:/ /ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ pub/Linux/gentoo http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/ ftp ://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/ http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mi rrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-mu enster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirror s/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo http://m irrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/ pub/gentoo http://gentoo.tiscali.nl/ ftp://gentoo.tiscali.nl/pub/mirror/gentoo/ http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://src.gentoo.pl http://gentoo.prz.rzeszow.pl htt p://gentoo.zie.pg.gda.pl http://gentoo.po.opole.pl ftp://gentoo.po.opole.pl ftp ://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.lug.ro/gentoo http://ftp.lug.ro/gentoo/ http://ftp.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/gentoo.org/ ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/g entoo.org/ ftp://ftp.romnet.org/gentoo/ http://ftp.romnet.org/gentoo/ http://mi rrors.evolva.ro/gentoo/ ftp://mirrors.evolva.ro/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/ gentoo http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo ftp://f tp.solnet.ch/mirror/Gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.solnet.ch http://gentoo.blueyon der.co.uk ftp://mirrors.blueyonder.co.uk/mirrors/gentoo http://www.mirrorservic e.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibibl io.org/gentoo/ http://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/gentoo ftp://mirror.etf.bg.ac.yu/gent oo/ http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/g oo/ http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/g entoo/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/li nux/Gentoo http://mirror.isp.net.au/ftp/pub/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.isp.net.au/pub /gentoo/ ftp://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo http://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo http://mirr or.gentoo.gr.jp http://gentoo.gg3.net/ ftp://gg3.net/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ft p.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/GENTOO http://gentoo.channelx.biz/ http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/p ub/Linux/Gentoo/ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/Gentoo/" LANG="de_DE@euro" LINGUAS="DE" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/ distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="a52 aac acl alsa audiofile berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdparanoia cdr clamav cli cracklib crypt dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread encode exif firefox fortran ftp gdbm gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 iconv ieee1394 ipv6 isdnlog jack java javascript jbig joystick jpeg jpeg2k lash lesstif libg++ libsamplerate lirc lm_sensors lp d mad mbox midi mikmod mmx mng mozilla mp3 mpeg mplayer musepack nas ncurses ne tboot nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg openal osc oss pam pcmcia pcre pda pdf per l php png pppd prelude python qt3 qt4 quicktime readline recode reflection sasl scanner session sharedmem smartcard sndfile sox speex spell spl ssl svga tcl t cltk tcpd tidy tiff tk truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l vcd verbose videos vorbis wifi win32codecs wmf wxwindows x86 xine xinerama xml xorg xpm xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PL UGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm so ftvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DE VICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" L INGUAS="DE" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark ati chips cirrus cyrix dummy fb dev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mga neomagic nsc nv rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo" Unset: CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPR ESS_FLAGS I forgot to mention that I have deinstalled/unmerged eselect package before reemerging audacity wxGTK and trying to emerge vlc. The only not successfully installed package remains vlc-0.8.6-r1 . PS: I don't know why the previous message got so mixed up, I had it nicely structured when I typed it in previously. Sorry for this inconvience, has never happened to me before, maybe result of my current comment having made a collision with previous message on bugs.gentoo.org. I have resubmitted my emerge --info comment due to this collision, which I also never had experienced before. Any suggestions anyone?
Alexis Ballier 2007-05-26 11:10:48 0000: > what about bug #113449 ? it's fixed in upstream - current version works without any patching of the sources, just --disable-utf8 configure option needed > what about http://wiki.videolan.org/Unicode ? can't say anything about it, except that, why they left the --disable-utf8 configure switch there and fixed compile problems mentioned in the #113449 if it would not be supported at all? > what will happen if you have wxgtk 2.8 installed ? as this version of wxgtk is not in portage yet, it's hard to say...
well now wx has been dropped entirely upstream and the option --enable/disable unicode was just a mistake as in fact there is none in the configure script.
