Hi everyone,
I noted that util-macros is from 2014 and a version from 2021 is available.
So I was going to update it but realised that it is a package related to Xorg, which as far as I am aware is not used on IPFire. util-macros is an addon but the rootfile is in the common section of the folder structure and has all the files commented out, so it looks like it is installed to enable other packages to be installed that expect it to be present.
I just wanted to check that this package is actually still required to be in IPFire before I spend time trying to update it.
Regards,
Adolf.
Hello,
I do not know what would require this.
You can try commenting it out in make.sh and see if the build runs through. If anything, it should be a build time dependency.
Best, -Michael
On 21 Jun 2021, at 13:57, Adolf Belka adolf.belka@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I noted that util-macros is from 2014 and a version from 2021 is available.
So I was going to update it but realised that it is a package related to Xorg, which as far as I am aware is not used on IPFire. util-macros is an addon but the rootfile is in the common section of the folder structure and has all the files commented out, so it looks like it is installed to enable other packages to be installed that expect it to be present.
I just wanted to check that this package is actually still required to be in IPFire before I spend time trying to update it.
Regards,
Adolf.
Hi Michael,
On 22/06/2021 14:24, Michael Tremer wrote:
Hello,
I do not know what would require this.
You can try commenting it out in make.sh and see if the build runs through. If anything, it should be a build time dependency.
Good idea. I tried that and there was no problem with the build.
Searching in IPFire git I found that util-macros was originally introduced as a build dependency for pciaccess which was a dependency of libvirt.
Looks like the updates of pciaccess have removed the util-macros build dependency, although I could not find any mention in the Changelog of pciaccess.
I would propose a patch to remove this from IPFire. Let me know if you agree and I will submit a patch.
Regards, Adolf.
Best, -Michael
On 21 Jun 2021, at 13:57, Adolf Belka adolf.belka@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I noted that util-macros is from 2014 and a version from 2021 is available.
So I was going to update it but realised that it is a package related to Xorg, which as far as I am aware is not used on IPFire. util-macros is an addon but the rootfile is in the common section of the folder structure and has all the files commented out, so it looks like it is installed to enable other packages to be installed that expect it to be present.
I just wanted to check that this package is actually still required to be in IPFire before I spend time trying to update it.
Regards,
Adolf.
Hello,
On 22 Jun 2021, at 17:38, Adolf Belka adolf.belka@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi Michael,
On 22/06/2021 14:24, Michael Tremer wrote:
Hello, I do not know what would require this. You can try commenting it out in make.sh and see if the build runs through. If anything, it should be a build time dependency.
Good idea. I tried that and there was no problem with the build.
Searching in IPFire git I found that util-macros was originally introduced as a build dependency for pciaccess which was a dependency of libvirt.
Looks like the updates of pciaccess have removed the util-macros build dependency, although I could not find any mention in the Changelog of pciaccess.
I would propose a patch to remove this from IPFire. Let me know if you agree and I will submit a patch.
It looks like they dropped that dependency when they changed from autotools to meson.
-Michael
Regards, Adolf.
Best, -Michael
On 21 Jun 2021, at 13:57, Adolf Belka adolf.belka@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi everyone,
I noted that util-macros is from 2014 and a version from 2021 is available.
So I was going to update it but realised that it is a package related to Xorg, which as far as I am aware is not used on IPFire. util-macros is an addon but the rootfile is in the common section of the folder structure and has all the files commented out, so it looks like it is installed to enable other packages to be installed that expect it to be present.
I just wanted to check that this package is actually still required to be in IPFire before I spend time trying to update it.
Regards,
Adolf.
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