[meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Andreas Oberritter]

If DISTRO_FEATURES doesn't contain x11, libsm is not available.
As libsm is optional, the dependency is changed to be conditional.
There's no need to alter configure flags, because without x11,
libsm cannot be picked up accidentially. Because this just fixes
a missing dependency failure without x11, no PR bump is required
either.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>
---
 meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
index bd7b495..4e782e2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/giflib/${BP}.tar.bz2"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-DEPENDS = "libsm"
+DEPENDS = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libsm', '', d)}"
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-utils"
 FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/libgif.so.*"
-- 
1.7.5.4

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Andreas Oberritter]

Ping.

Patchwork URL: http://patches.openembedded.org/patch/20561/

On 02.02.2012 15:03, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> If DISTRO_FEATURES doesn't contain x11, libsm is not available.
> As libsm is optional, the dependency is changed to be conditional.
> There's no need to alter configure flags, because without x11,
> libsm cannot be picked up accidentially. Because this just fixes
> a missing dependency failure without x11, no PR bump is required
> either.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>
> ---
>  meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
> index bd7b495..4e782e2 100644
> --- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
> +++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/giflib/${BP}.tar.bz2"
>  
>  inherit autotools
>  
> -DEPENDS = "libsm"
> +DEPENDS = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libsm', '', d)}"
>  
>  PACKAGES += "${PN}-utils"
>  FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/libgif.so.*"

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:03, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:

> There's no need to alter configure flags, because without x11,
> libsm cannot be picked up accidentially. Because this just fixes
> a missing dependency failure without x11, no PR bump is required
> either.
>

I do prefer a clear configure option depending on if it is going to use or
not libsm otherwise if user has built it, it is going to be taken. Also,
please PR bump in any case since it can help spot other possible failures
that we'd not catch otherwise.

-- 
Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
E-mail: otavio@ossystems.com.br  http://www.ossystems.com.br
Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854              http://projetos.ossystems.com.br

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Andreas Oberritter]

On 08.02.2012 19:41, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:03, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
> 
>> There's no need to alter configure flags, because without x11,
>> libsm cannot be picked up accidentially. Because this just fixes
>> a missing dependency failure without x11, no PR bump is required
>> either.
>>
> 
> I do prefer a clear configure option depending on if it is going to use or
> not libsm otherwise if user has built it, it is going to be taken.

Currently, there are two possibilities:

1.) x11 is in DISTRO_FEATURES
    -> libsm is built, giflib is built with libsm
2.) x11 is not in DISTRO_FEATURES
    -> giflib build is broken, because libsm does not exist in this
configuration

Therefore, the scenario you're describing cannot happen.

> Also,
> please PR bump in any case since it can help spot other possible failures
> that we'd not catch otherwise.

I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?

This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
nothing more.

Regards,
Andreas

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Otavio Salvador]

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:

> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
> Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
> so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
>
> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
> nothing more.
>

Can the user call:

bitbake libsm

and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have or not
it linked.

-- 
Otavio Salvador                             O.S. Systems
E-mail: otavio@ossystems.com.br  http://www.ossystems.com.br
Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854              http://projetos.ossystems.com.br

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't depend on libsm if x11 is unavailable

[Andreas Oberritter]

On 08.02.2012 20:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
> 
>> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
>> Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
>> so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
>>
>> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
>> nothing more.
>>
> 
> Can the user call:
> 
> bitbake libsm
> 
> and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have or not
> it linked.

At the time I created the patch, the user couldn't run bitbake libsm
(for the same reason that it wouldn't be built automatically through
giflib's DEPENDS).

That said, I updated the repos after your mail and ran bitbake libsm in
order to get the error message again, but the error vanished.
Apparently, an indirect dependency on libx11 was dropped during the last
few weeks. I searched the logs, but didn't find the change. Strange.
Now, many x11 packages got built even though x11 still wasn't listed in
my DISTRO_FEATURES.

Anyway, please consider this patch obsolete. I'll probably resend an
updated version together with other patches to disable some more x11
libraries on demand.

Regards,
Andreas

[meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Andreas Oberritter]

On 09.02.2012 01:54, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> On 08.02.2012 20:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
>>
>>> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
>>> Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
>>> so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
>>>
>>> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
>>> nothing more.
>>>
>>
>> Can the user call:
>>
>> bitbake libsm
>>
>> and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have or not
>> it linked.
> 
> At the time I created the patch, the user couldn't run bitbake libsm
> (for the same reason that it wouldn't be built automatically through
> giflib's DEPENDS).
> 
> That said, I updated the repos after your mail and ran bitbake libsm in
> order to get the error message again, but the error vanished.
> Apparently, an indirect dependency on libx11 was dropped during the last
> few weeks. I searched the logs, but didn't find the change. Strange.
> Now, many x11 packages got built even though x11 still wasn't listed in
> my DISTRO_FEATURES.
> 
> Anyway, please consider this patch obsolete. I'll probably resend an
> updated version together with other patches to disable some more x11
> libraries on demand.

I did some further research regarding giflib:

- giflib doesn't depend on libSM alone, but optionally depends on 
libX11. When linked against libX11, it also links agains libSM and 
libICE, under certain conditions. Since libSM does not depend on 
libX11, the current giflib build is non-deterministic.

- Debian's/Ubuntu's giflib gets configured with --disable-x11 
unconditionally.

So we have two options:

1.) Pass --disable-x11 unconditionally like Debian/Ubuntu
2.) Add virtual/libx11 to DEPENDS, if x11 is defined in 
DISTRO_FEATURES, and add --enable/diable-x11 to EXTRA_OECONF

Because the current recipe didn't depend on libX11 and no one 
complained about it, I question the usefulness of linking giflib
against x11. Therefore I vote for option 1 (see patch below).

What does giflib do if linked against libX11?
- It builds a tool called gif2x11
- DumpScreen2Gif() gains support for dumping X11 windows

Regards,
Andreas

From eb1d09faa42fd7532338e0cc858ca1ff681bcaf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:34:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

libsm wasn't used unless libx11 was built before giflib. Therefore
drop the dependency on libsm and disable x11 unconditionally like
Debian does.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>
---
 meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
index bd7b495..e1a0777 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ DESCRIPTION = "shared library for GIF images"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ae11c61b04b2917be39b11f78d71519a"
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r3"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/giflib/${BP}.tar.bz2"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-DEPENDS = "libsm"
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-x11"
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-utils"
 FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/libgif.so.*"

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Otavio Salvador]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:41, Andreas Oberritter <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:

> 1.) Pass --disable-x11 unconditionally like Debian/Ubuntu
> 2.) Add virtual/libx11 to DEPENDS, if x11 is defined in
> DISTRO_FEATURES, and add --enable/diable-x11 to EXTRA_OECONF
>
> Because the current recipe didn't depend on libX11 and no one
> complained about it, I question the usefulness of linking giflib
> against x11. Therefore I vote for option 1 (see patch below).
>

I voce for 1 too.

-- 
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E-mail: otavio@ossystems.com.br  http://www.ossystems.com.br
Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854              http://projetos.ossystems.com.br

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 09 February 2012 13:41:53 Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> On 09.02.2012 01:54, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> > On 08.02.2012 20:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter 
<obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
> >>> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
> >>> Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
> >>> so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
> >>> 
> >>> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
> >>> nothing more.
> >> 
> >> Can the user call:
> >> 
> >> bitbake libsm
> >> 
> >> and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have or
> >> not
> >> it linked.
> > 
> > At the time I created the patch, the user couldn't run bitbake libsm
> > (for the same reason that it wouldn't be built automatically through
> > giflib's DEPENDS).
> > 
> > That said, I updated the repos after your mail and ran bitbake libsm in
> > order to get the error message again, but the error vanished.
> > Apparently, an indirect dependency on libx11 was dropped during the last
> > few weeks. I searched the logs, but didn't find the change. Strange.
> > Now, many x11 packages got built even though x11 still wasn't listed in
> > my DISTRO_FEATURES.
> > 
> > Anyway, please consider this patch obsolete. I'll probably resend an
> > updated version together with other patches to disable some more x11
> > libraries on demand.
> 
> I did some further research regarding giflib:
> 
> - giflib doesn't depend on libSM alone, but optionally depends on
> libX11. When linked against libX11, it also links agains libSM and
> libICE, under certain conditions. Since libSM does not depend on
> libX11, the current giflib build is non-deterministic.
> 
> - Debian's/Ubuntu's giflib gets configured with --disable-x11
> unconditionally.
> 
> So we have two options:
> 
> 1.) Pass --disable-x11 unconditionally like Debian/Ubuntu
> 2.) Add virtual/libx11 to DEPENDS, if x11 is defined in
> DISTRO_FEATURES, and add --enable/diable-x11 to EXTRA_OECONF
> 
> Because the current recipe didn't depend on libX11 and no one
> complained about it, I question the usefulness of linking giflib
> against x11. Therefore I vote for option 1 (see patch below).
> 
> What does giflib do if linked against libX11?
> - It builds a tool called gif2x11
> - DumpScreen2Gif() gains support for dumping X11 windows

I'd agree with disabling it as well. According to google it was Henning who 
added libsm as a dependency in OE-Classic. Henning, do you remember the reason 
for adding this, and is it still valid?

Cheers,
Paul

-- 

Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 09 February 2012 13:41:53 Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> On 09.02.2012 01:54, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> > On 08.02.2012 20:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter 
<obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
> >>> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not needed.
> >>> Can you please explain which other possible failures you're expecting,
> >>> so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
> >>> 
> >>> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake level,
> >>> nothing more.
> >> 
> >> Can the user call:
> >> 
> >> bitbake libsm
> >> 
> >> and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have or
> >> not
> >> it linked.
> > 
> > At the time I created the patch, the user couldn't run bitbake libsm
> > (for the same reason that it wouldn't be built automatically through
> > giflib's DEPENDS).
> > 
> > That said, I updated the repos after your mail and ran bitbake libsm in
> > order to get the error message again, but the error vanished.
> > Apparently, an indirect dependency on libx11 was dropped during the last
> > few weeks. I searched the logs, but didn't find the change. Strange.
> > Now, many x11 packages got built even though x11 still wasn't listed in
> > my DISTRO_FEATURES.
> > 
> > Anyway, please consider this patch obsolete. I'll probably resend an
> > updated version together with other patches to disable some more x11
> > libraries on demand.
> 
> I did some further research regarding giflib:
> 
> - giflib doesn't depend on libSM alone, but optionally depends on
> libX11. When linked against libX11, it also links agains libSM and
> libICE, under certain conditions. Since libSM does not depend on
> libX11, the current giflib build is non-deterministic.
> 
> - Debian's/Ubuntu's giflib gets configured with --disable-x11
> unconditionally.
> 
> So we have two options:
> 
> 1.) Pass --disable-x11 unconditionally like Debian/Ubuntu
> 2.) Add virtual/libx11 to DEPENDS, if x11 is defined in
> DISTRO_FEATURES, and add --enable/diable-x11 to EXTRA_OECONF
> 
> Because the current recipe didn't depend on libX11 and no one
> complained about it, I question the usefulness of linking giflib
> against x11. Therefore I vote for option 1 (see patch below).
> 
> What does giflib do if linked against libX11?
> - It builds a tool called gif2x11
> - DumpScreen2Gif() gains support for dumping X11 windows

I'd agree with disabling it as well. According to google it was Henning who 
added libsm as a dependency in OE-Classic. Henning, do you remember the reason 
for adding this, and is it still valid?

Cheers,
Paul

[resend due to incorrect email address]

-- 

Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre

Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Koen Kooi]

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Op 09-02-12 13:41, Andreas Oberritter schreef:
> On 09.02.2012 01:54, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
>> On 08.02.2012 20:48, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 17:35, Andreas Oberritter
>>> <obi@opendreambox.org>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I already explained in the commit message, why a PR bump is not
>>>> needed. Can you please explain which other possible failures you're
>>>> expecting, so I can learn why my reasoning may be wrong?
>>>> 
>>>> This patch only fixes an unavailable build dependency at bitbake
>>>> level, nothing more.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Can the user call:
>>> 
>>> bitbake libsm
>>> 
>>> and then build giflib? in case of positive, we need to enforce have
>>> or not it linked.
>> 
>> At the time I created the patch, the user couldn't run bitbake libsm 
>> (for the same reason that it wouldn't be built automatically through 
>> giflib's DEPENDS).
>> 
>> That said, I updated the repos after your mail and ran bitbake libsm
>> in order to get the error message again, but the error vanished. 
>> Apparently, an indirect dependency on libx11 was dropped during the
>> last few weeks. I searched the logs, but didn't find the change.
>> Strange. Now, many x11 packages got built even though x11 still wasn't
>> listed in my DISTRO_FEATURES.
>> 
>> Anyway, please consider this patch obsolete. I'll probably resend an 
>> updated version together with other patches to disable some more x11 
>> libraries on demand.
> 
> I did some further research regarding giflib:
> 
> - giflib doesn't depend on libSM alone, but optionally depends on libX11.
> When linked against libX11, it also links agains libSM and libICE, under
> certain conditions. Since libSM does not depend on libX11, the current
> giflib build is non-deterministic.
> 
> - Debian's/Ubuntu's giflib gets configured with --disable-x11 
> unconditionally.
> 
> So we have two options:
> 
> 1.) Pass --disable-x11 unconditionally like Debian/Ubuntu 2.) Add
> virtual/libx11 to DEPENDS, if x11 is defined in DISTRO_FEATURES, and add
> --enable/diable-x11 to EXTRA_OECONF

I'd go for 1)
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Re: [meta-oe][PATCH] giflib: don't link against libx11, don't depend on libsm

[Henning Heinold]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 02:02:51PM +0000, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> I'd agree with disabling it as well. According to google it was Henning who 
> added libsm as a dependency in OE-Classic. Henning, do you remember the reason 
> for adding this, and is it still valid?
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul

Sorry no idea, why I added it. But I vote for option 1 too, so folks without X11 needs
do not have to build X11.

Bye Henning