FYI - Inkscape-1.0.2 does not compile on -current due to Glib2-2.68 change

EdGr · 04-14-2021, 08:33 PM

I found the following bug reports:

Inkscape: Fail to build against glib:2.68.0
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/2289

gmacros: Guard C++ code with extern "C++"
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/..._requests/1935

The summary is that any program that includes the glib headers in an extern "C" block needs to be fixed not to do that. Such programs fail to compile with glib2-2.68, but binaries compiled with an older glib2 still run.

Inkscape fixed the problem in its master branch. That compiles and runs.

This is not a Slackware problem, just a FYI.
Ed

brobr · 04-14-2021, 08:41 PM

Since when is this compilation broken? Just now?? Last weekend I re-compiled inkscape without a problem on current:

Quote:

bash-5.1$ ls -l /var/log/packages/glib2-2.68.1-x86_64-1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 45316 Apr 10 23:37 /var/log/packages/glib2-2.68.1-x86_64-1
bash-5.1$ ls -l /var/log/packages/inkscape-1.0.2-x86_64-1ponce
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 194044 Apr 11 02:09 /var/log/packages/inkscape-1.0.2-x86_64-1ponce

EdGr · 04-14-2021, 08:52 PM

Just now, but I am using the source from the Inkscape website and my build script. Ponce may have fixed the problem on SBo.

ETA: The difference may be due to gcc 10.3.
Ed

brobr · 04-14-2021, 09:02 PM

Yip, just checked; ponce's SBo script includes a glib2-2.68 patch

EdGr · 04-14-2021, 09:11 PM

That's cool. In my opinion, the Glib2 developers are creating work for others because Glib2 was supposed to be a C library.
Ed

pghvlaans · 04-14-2021, 09:47 PM

The version at Ponce's GitHub is building fine here.

Candelabrus · 04-16-2021, 03:39 PM

I compiled using this patch from LFS
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patc...b_2.68-1.patch

EdGr · 04-16-2021, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Candelabrus

I compiled using this patch from LFS
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patc...b_2.68-1.patch

Yes, that is exactly the same fix that is in the master branch.
Ed

brobr · 04-17-2021, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EdGr

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ETA: The difference may be due to gcc 10.3.
Ed

Just updated to this version of gcc; inkscape from ponce's repository (soon to become 15.0 master on SBo) compiled without a hitch.

Bonzoo · 04-17-2021, 09:37 PM

Why ? Just convert a .deb

EdGr · 04-17-2021, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonzoo

Why ? Just convert a .deb

That does not work in general.
Ed

bassmadrigal · 04-19-2021, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bonzoo

Why ? Just convert a .deb

Converting a deb means you get a package designed and built against a different system than your own. Many times this works fine, but not always. You might also be missing optional dependencies that can be enabled on your own build (or sometimes it can have dependencies you don't have installed, leading to a broken package and needing to hunt down dependencies).

I never convert a deb unless it's my only choice, which pretty much only happens if they don't provide source (and example is my discord SlackBuild... they don't provide the source, so I just converted the deb to a Slackware package).