Bug 888996 – sys-devel/gettext still depends on Java 8/ upstream in progress

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description onkobu 2022-12-30 15:35:14 UTC]

sys-devel/gettext is one of the few packages that still depend on Java 8. It seems very likely that it is not ready for >11 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1012105 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=982526). Nevertheless there is some progress upstream. A patch is available.

Reproducible: Always



Expected Results:  
gettext builds/ runs with current LTS Java

[Comment 1 Volkmar W. Pogatzki 2022-12-30 17:22:17 UTC]

(In reply to onkobu from comment #0)
> [...]
> Expected Results:  
> gettext builds/ runs with current LTS Java

Compilation should not be the problem, at least for the split-off: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/26163

[Comment 2 Andrea Postiglione 2023-06-27 16:04:53 UTC]

Created attachment 864722 [details, diff]
java 17 patch

[Comment 3 Andrea Postiglione 2023-06-27 16:05:32 UTC]

from debian packages

[Comment 4 Sam James 2023-06-27 16:08:26 UTC]

I think 0.22 might actually work already and I just didn't update the ebuild..

[Comment 5 Andrea Postiglione 2023-07-05 21:05:36 UTC]

(In reply to Sam James from comment #4)
> I think 0.22 might actually work already and I just didn't update the
> ebuild..

but why do we have to keep an old version of java that already sucks even when it's the latest

[Comment 6 Sam James 2023-07-05 21:21:12 UTC]

(In reply to Andrea Postiglione from comment #5)
> (In reply to Sam James from comment #4)
> > I think 0.22 might actually work already and I just didn't update the
> > ebuild..
> 
> but why do we have to keep an old version of java that already sucks even
> when it's the latest

Sorry, to be clear, that was me noting "hm, I just need to take a look at this, gettext-0.22 might be ok once I fix it."

[Comment 7 neeshy 2024-04-15 18:37:03 UTC]

(In reply to Sam James from comment #6)
I've been running this patch[1] for some time now without issue (specifically w/ i2p). Also, the relevant upstream bug[2] has been closed as fixed. Should be ready to just merge it.

1: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/34854
2: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?63385

[Comment 8 Volkmar W. Pogatzki 2024-10-20 09:56:25 UTC]

(In reply to Andrea Postiglione from comment #2)
> Created attachment 864722 [details, diff] [details, diff]
> java 17 patch

Is it possible to replace "1.7" from the patch with "$(java-pkg_get-source)"
and $(java-pkg_get-target) ?

And using ">=virtual/jdk-1.8:*" and ">=virtual/jre-1.8:*" in the ebuild?
Would it work with openjdk:21?

[Comment 9 Sam James 2024-10-20 10:01:40 UTC]

Sorry, I'd missed that 0.22 included it.