Bug 936079 – mate-*/*: More issues with dependencies in Mate-* packages (checking for mate-desktop-2.0 >= 1.27.1... no)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Simon Matthews 2024-07-15 03:02:07 UTC]

Referring to bug #935279, I see the same problem with mate-utils. There may be other packages that need fixes to dependencies. 


checking for mate-desktop-2.0 >= 1.27.1... no
configure: error: Package requirements (mate-desktop-2.0 >= 1.27.1) were not met:

Package dependency requirement 'mate-desktop-2.0 >= 1.27.1' could not be satisfied.
Package 'mate-desktop-2.0' has version '1.26.2', required version is '>= 1.27.1'

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables MATE_DESKTOP_CFLAGS
and MATE_DESKTOP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0/work/mate-utils-1.28.0/config.log
 * ERROR: mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0::gentoo failed (configure phase):
 *   econf failed
 *
 * Call stack:
 *               ebuild.sh, line  136:  Called src_configure
 *             environment, line 2119:  Called mate_src_configure '--enable-zlib' '--enable-debug=minimum' '--with-x' '--disable-gdict-applet' '--enable-nls' '--disable-disk_image_mounter'
 *             environment, line 1858:  Called gnome2_src_configure '--disable-static' '--enable-zlib' '--enable-debug=minimum' '--with-x' '--disable-gdict-applet' '--enable-nls' '--disable-disk_image_mounter'
 *             environment, line 1701:  Called econf '--disable-gtk-doc' '--disable-schemas-compile' '--enable-compile-warnings=minimum' '--disable-static' '--enable-zlib' '--enable-debug=minimum' '--with-x' '--disable-gdict-applet' '--enable-nls' '--disable-disk_image_mounter'
 *        phase-helpers.sh, line  732:  Called __helpers_die 'econf failed'
 *   isolated-functions.sh, line  112:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *              die "$@"
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0::gentoo'`,
 * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0::gentoo'`.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0/temp/environment'.
 * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/mate-extra/mate-utils-1.28.0/work/mate-utils-1.28.


My system has the following Mate packages installed: 


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -uUD @world # On system with Mate 1.26 installed. 
2.
3.


Expected Results:  
ebuilds for the mate-* packages should not be built until the pre-requisite packages are built.

[Comment 1 Sam James 2024-10-06 07:04:23 UTC]

commit 061325b335c1e0c71c27b6882ce1e3deabc8e5c5
Author: Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]>
Date:   Tue Jul 9 20:30:13 2024 +0200

    x11-wm/marco: Fix dependencies

    mate-desktop is needed also at build time, otherwise build fails with:

    Run-time dependency mate-desktop-2.0 found: NO (tried cmake)
    meson.build:163:19: ERROR: Dependency lookup for mate-desktop-2.0 with method
    'pkgconfig' failed: Invalid version, need 'mate-desktop-2.0' ['>= 1.27.1']
    found '1.26.2'.

    Signed-off-by: Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]>

commit 94c8e8823fe2ede3f16fad27302b858afabdd67a
Author: Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]>
Date:   Mon Jul 8 23:32:47 2024 +0200

    mate-base/mate-settings-daemon: Build needs mate-desktop >= 1.27.1

    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935279
    Signed-off-by: Pacho Ramos <[e-mail]>

But that's not all, I think.

[Comment 2 Sam James 2024-10-06 07:18:11 UTC]

The bot couldn't post as too long, but:

commit f1a2fbdd06aae5ab2334a895d99e5e731c684552 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)
Author: Sam James <[e-mail]>
Date:   Sun Oct 6 08:14:18 2024 +0100

    x11-wm/marco: depend on min mate-desktop matching ${PV}

    Depend on >=mate-desktop-$(ver_cut 1-2) to avoid build failures for now
    as a quick workaround.

    The maintainers should check whether each package really needs it and
    also consider a possible QA check in the eclass given some of them
    seem to have a pattern in configure.ac for this, but given the bug has
    been open for a whlie, I'd rather have some of the deps be unnecessarily
    tight (not that it's even that tight) than as-it-was.

    Note that couldn't use ${MATE_BRANCH} as it says:
    > # Major and minor numbers of the version number, unless live.
    > # If live ebuild, will be set to '9999'.
    which made me wonder if it's actually meant to be 1-2 or 1-3 in ver_cut
    or what.

    Anyway, in summary:
    * Apply a fix which makes things better, even if it's slightly overkill;
    * Someone needs to audit these to find the actual minimum versions
      (some truly do need this, some need just something older, although
      unclear if upstream carefully update these or ont);
    * A QA check may be wise.

    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/935279
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/936079
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

and so on.