Upgrade of essential tools libusb dbus systemd

Upgrade of essential tools libusb dbus systemd

[Thomas Ebert]

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How about to upgrade the tools libusb, dbus and systemd to an actual build?

A quick check shows that only a very basic tools on a core installation 
use the shared libraries:
usb_modeswitch
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
         libusb-0.1.so.4 => /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0xb777b000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7604000)
         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7784000)
gpg
         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
         libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb770e000)
         libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xb76fd000)
         libreadline.so.6 => /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6 (0xb76ca000)
         libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb76c5000)
         libusb-0.1.so.4 => /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0xb76bc000)
         libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7545000)
         libncurses.so.5 => /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb7528000)
         libtinfo.so.5 => /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5 (0xb750b000)
         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7728000)

AddOn packages with depencies:
bluetooth
apcupsd
usbutils
v4l-dvb
nut

Re: Upgrade of essential tools libusb dbus systemd

[Michael Tremer]

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Hey Thomas,

On libusb:

There are different versions of this around. You can easily see that we
have libusb-compat and libusbx in IPFire 3:
http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-3.x.git;a=blob;f=libusb-compat/libusb-compat.nm;h=a2c594534d956066dab591feeb7b1f3596bc0178;hb=HEAD
http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-3.x.git;a=blob;f=libusbx/libusbx.nm;h=6394d04577bbbf0de555d727f19c0f2f016e6e28;hb=HEAD

Some packages haven't moved to libusb-1 and I think they will never do
that. So if you need libusb-1, please build libusbx like you find it in
IPFire 3, but keep the older version. There is no need to rename it to
libusb-compat though.

On dbus:

I suppose you could update that, but I cannot see if anything is
actually using it. It's mainly there for building packages which link
against libdbus.

On systemd:

IPFire 2 is in maintainance mode. We do not plan to develop more
functionality and we would like to slowly move to IPFire 3.

I can see that you have a lot of energy in building packages and I like
that. Maybe you can put a bit of that energy into IPFire 3.

-Michael

On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 22:22 +0100, Thomas Ebert wrote:
> How about to upgrade the tools libusb, dbus and systemd to an actual build?
> 
> A quick check shows that only a very basic tools on a core installation 
> use the shared libraries:
> usb_modeswitch
>          linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>          libusb-0.1.so.4 => /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0xb777b000)
>          libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7604000)
>          /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7784000)
> gpg
>          linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xffffe000)
>          libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0xb770e000)
>          libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xb76fd000)
>          libreadline.so.6 => /usr/lib/libreadline.so.6 (0xb76ca000)
>          libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb76c5000)
>          libusb-0.1.so.4 => /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0xb76bc000)
>          libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7545000)
>          libncurses.so.5 => /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5 (0xb7528000)
>          libtinfo.so.5 => /usr/lib/libtinfo.so.5 (0xb750b000)
>          /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7728000)
> 
> AddOn packages with depencies:
> bluetooth
> apcupsd
> usbutils
> v4l-dvb
> nut
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Re: Upgrade of essential tools libusb dbus systemd

[Thomas Ebert]

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OK. I think at 20:30 german time i can join the channel

Regards
Thomas

Am 26.02.2013 16:56, schrieb Michael Tremer:
> On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 23:00 +0100, Thomas Ebert wrote:
>> Hey Michael,
>>
>> thanks for the detailed informations. You are right mostly i needed the
>> actual libs to compile new software that depends on it.
>>
>> Give me some tasks for IPFire 3 and i look what i can do. At the moment
>> i didn't know the details on it and what working have to be done. The
>> web-ui isn't my part but on needed binaries and tools + configuration I
>> can help.
> Well, let's see what your interests are. There is plenty to do, so I
> don't really know where to start.
>
> Do you have time tonight, to join the IRC channel and have a chat?
>
>> Maybe this isn't the right place to talk about it... or not? Contact me
>> via e-mail or put some informations in this thread how i can help to
>> make more progress in IPFire 3. I mean by that ... More people = Faster work
> Yes, this is absolutely the right place to talk about things like these.
> We appreciate any help.
>
> Best,
> -Michael
>
>
>

Re: Upgrade of essential tools libusb dbus systemd

[Michael Tremer]

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On Mon, 2013-02-25 at 23:00 +0100, Thomas Ebert wrote:
> Hey Michael,
> 
> thanks for the detailed informations. You are right mostly i needed the 
> actual libs to compile new software that depends on it.
> 
> Give me some tasks for IPFire 3 and i look what i can do. At the moment 
> i didn't know the details on it and what working have to be done. The 
> web-ui isn't my part but on needed binaries and tools + configuration I 
> can help.

Well, let's see what your interests are. There is plenty to do, so I
don't really know where to start.

Do you have time tonight, to join the IRC channel and have a chat?

> Maybe this isn't the right place to talk about it... or not? Contact me 
> via e-mail or put some informations in this thread how i can help to 
> make more progress in IPFire 3. I mean by that ... More people = Faster work

Yes, this is absolutely the right place to talk about things like these.
We appreciate any help.

Best,
-Michael