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Bug 37196

Summary: libpcap-0.8.1 cannot be merged
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Todor Zviskov <todorz>
Component: [OLD] LibraryAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Description Todor Zviskov 2004-01-04 07:44:21 UTC
libpcap-0.8.1 fails to merge due to a packaging problem (stripping).
Resolution: Line 5 in ebuild should read:

            S=${WORKDIR}

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge libpcap -u

Actual Results:  
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) net-libs/libpcap-0.8.1 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) libpcap-0.8.1.tar.gz
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking libpcap-0.8.1.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/libpcap-0.8.1/work
tar: Removing leading `libpcap-0.8.1/./' from member names
 * Applying libpcap-0.8.1-fPIC.patch...
 
 * Failed Patch: libpcap-0.8.1-fPIC.patch!
 *
 * Include in your bugreport the contents of:
 *
 *   /var/tmp/portage/libpcap-0.8.1/temp/libpcap-0.8.1-fPIC.patch-398.out
 
 
!!! ERROR: net-libs/libpcap-0.8.1 failed.
!!! Function epatch, Line 354, Exitcode 0
!!! Failed Patch: libpcap-0.8.1-fPIC.patch!


Expected Results:  
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
 * Caching service dependencies...                                      [ ok ]
>>> net-libs/libpcap-0.8.1 merged.
Comment 1 Jason Stubbs (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-04 07:48:48 UTC
Duplicate of #37195.. just a little too late!
Comment 2 Ian Leitch (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-01-04 08:00:52 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 37195 ***