260320 – dev-libs/fribidi should be slotted

Bug 260320 - dev-libs/fribidi should be slotted

Summary: dev-libs/fribidi should be slotted

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	MATSUU Takuto (RETIRED)

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Depends on:	258969 261155
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Reported:	2009-02-25 23:30 UTC by Roby
Modified:	2012-05-15 13:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Roby 2009-02-25 23:30:37 UTC

Seeing that there are conflicts between fribidi 0.10.x and 0.19.x, I'd suggest slotting these fribidi versions separately. Known bugs caused by fribidi 0.19.x:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257024
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258969

Other packages that may be affected: m17n-lib, wormux, dvdauthor, mplayer, and vlc.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Upgrade from fribidi 0.10.x to 0.19.x
2. Emerge either ksvg or fish-fillets
3.

Actual Results:  
Compilation failure due to source incompatibility.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-02-27 20:18:45 UTC

I doubt if SLOTting is the answer without patching the other packages' ebuilds.

Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-05-15 13:42:18 UTC

Closing WONTFIX. 

We should just patch packages that fail to compile with the new fribidi to work with it.

As in, the package is not slottable by upstream terms.