Bug 670394 – dev-cpp/libjson-rpc-cpp: invalid libjson-rpc-cppTargets.cmake

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Justus Ranvier 2018-11-05 20:29:28 UTC]

The libjson-rpc-cppTargets.cmake file installed by dev-cpp/libjson-rpc-cpp hard codes a dependency on the static version of jsoncpp:

INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_lib_static"

This means that any cmake project that tries to use the libjson-rpc-cpp::jsonrpcclient target will fail to link because the jsoncpp ebuild disables the static libraries.

Projects that use the libjson-rpc-cpp::jsonrpcclient will build if
libjson-rpc-cppTargets.cmake is changed to specify:

INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "jsoncpp_lib"

[Comment 1 Justus Ranvier 2018-11-05 20:44:58 UTC]

Upstream bug: https://github.com/cinemast/libjson-rpc-cpp/issues/253

[Comment 2 Michał Górny 2018-11-06 15:26:40 UTC]

Out of curiosity, do you actually use this package?  I ended up not using it after all, and every time I bump it I'm wondering about lastriting it.

[Comment 3 Justus Ranvier 2018-11-06 17:06:59 UTC]

(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #2)
> Out of curiosity, do you actually use this package? 

It's a dependency for this library which I use in some applications: https://github.com/minium/bitcoin-api-cpp

I've also found other applications for it in situations where its lack of a websocket client transport isn't an impediment.