Bug 806791 – media-video/mkvtoolnix-60.0.0 headless/noGUI build no longer possible (X/QT required)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description soundbastlerlive 2021-08-06 11:19:19 UTC]

I have been using mkvtoolnix on many gentoo machines without X/GUI for years, up to v57. After that no ebuilds for a long time and now with v60 X/QT/OpenGL stuff is always pulled in.

Please make CLI builds possible again.

If for some weird reason this is from upstream, the latest CLI version (v59?) would also be appreciated.

Thanks! :)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
emerge mkvtoolnix # on a system without X/Qt/OpenGL
Actual Results:  
fails/pulls in X/Qt/OpenGL

Expected Results:  
works without depending on X/Qt/OpenGL

[Comment 1 John Einar Reitan 2021-08-13 10:52:26 UTC]

The bug is upstream, where they always do library dep as part of configure.
I've created the needed fixes for upstream (not submitted as of yet) + new ebuild to use the fixes as patches. See https://github.com/johnreitan/gentoo/commit/43e59f456401bed47c623574c7df2fee8f5b76a3

[Comment 2 John Einar Reitan 2021-08-13 12:16:30 UTC]

Fixes proposed upstream: https://gitlab.com/mbunkus/mkvtoolnix/-/merge_requests/2236

[Comment 3 soundbastlerlive 2021-08-13 12:50:36 UTC]

thanks, looking forward to them accepting!

[Comment 4 John Einar Reitan 2021-08-13 13:53:35 UTC]

Fixes accepted upstream.
Don't know when there will be a new release, so use media-video/mkvtoolnix-9999 if you need it early.

My ebuild update is needed, to only RDEPEND on libraries based on the new gui USE, plus pass enable/disable GUI to configure.

[Comment 5 John Einar Reitan 2021-09-02 07:07:16 UTC]

61.0.0 out with the fix, pull request with new ebuild to correctly handle gui created as https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/22186

[Comment 6 John Einar Reitan 2021-09-06 07:47:18 UTC]

Who to nag to get this reviewed/merged?

[Comment 7 Larry the Git Cow 2021-09-08 03:08:51 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f3d9f46d46f4bbe583e7fda943fca07310b31226

commit f3d9f46d46f4bbe583e7fda943fca07310b31226
Author:     John Einar Reitan <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2021-09-02 06:56:58 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2021-09-08 03:08:42 +0000

    media-video/mkvtoolnix: bump to 61.0.0
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/806791
    Signed-off-by: John Einar Reitan <[e-mail]>
    Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/22188
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 media-video/mkvtoolnix/Manifest                 |   1 +
 media-video/mkvtoolnix/mkvtoolnix-61.0.0.ebuild | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 124 insertions(+)

[Comment 8 Sam James 2021-09-08 03:17:25 UTC]

(In reply to John Einar Reitan from comment #6)
> Who to nag to get this reviewed/merged?

Thank you for your work!