Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto

Amarok-2.2.0/1 and >=binutils-2.20

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:28:59 +0000

I've just bumped media-sound/amarok in the tree to 2.2.1-r1 which includes some missing deps.
Even though 2.2.1 hit the tree before the official release, I'm a few days behind in the bump and unmasking it - the mask should be out when you read this.
Unfortunately, amarok-2.2.0 and amarok-2.2.1 segfault on start when built with >=binutils-2.20 even though they have no issue starting with >=binutils-2.20 if built with a previous version of binutils - see bug #290662 for more details.
While the issue isn't solved, here is a quick workaround:

# emerge -1 =binutils-2.19.1-r1 && emerge -1 amarok && emerge -1 binutils

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compiz KDE support and libcompizconfig

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:32:11 +0000

This is a quick note for anyone using compiz, that x11-wm/compiz-0.7.8-r3 will allow KDE-4.3.0 and that the KDE use flags were updated now that KDE-4 has become the "default" KDE version and that 3.5 is approaching its final days.
As such, the kde use flag will add support for KDE-4.X and the kde3 use flag will add support for KDE-3.5. So be sure to check your use flags for compiz.
I plan to move compiz-0.7.8-r3 from the overlay to the tree in a few hours.

Following my attempts to deal with bug 259715, I broke libcompizconfig again - bug 278146. Although I've masked libcompizconfig-0.8.2-r2 sometime ago, it was unmasked long enough to break the config files for enough users. If you still have ccsm / compiz failing for you, you need to downgrade to libcompizconfig-0.8.2 and to remove the contents of ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/. I'm still working on removing the bundled iniparser from libcompizconfig.

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amarok-2, amd64 and mysql

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:16:29 +0000

As some of you may have noticed, the amarok-2 ebuilds have not been keyworded ~amd64 because of the mysql issue. Tonight, we've got a step closer to fix that.
Ive been working on a patch for mysql to get libmysqld to be built as a shared lib for over 2 months now. I've added an initial patch on January 3rd. Tonight, I was able to finally get a working patch for mysql-5.0.76:

atlantis@lap64 ~/kde $ ls -la /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9447588 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1088 Mar 29 01:38 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so -> libmysqld.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so.0 -> libmysqld.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5054576 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so.0.0.0

This patch needs to be properly tested and will likely get some clean-ups, but it's working locally. This has taken a considerable amount of work and time from me, but has only been possible thanks to Diego E. “Flameeyes” Pettenò - kudos to him.
AFAIK, this means that Gentoo is the first distro to include a shared lib libmysqld and after Robin "robbat2" Johnson, cleans the patch and he's happy with it, we'll try to get it upstream.
I've delayed this post a few hours trying to get amarok-2.0.2 building, but it's still failing because of qtscriptgenerator. However, it is already linking to libmysqld though:

lap64 amarok_build # pwd
/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/amarok-2.0.2/work/amarok_build
lap64 amarok_build # scanelf -n lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so
TYPE NEEDED FILE
ET_DYN libamaroklib.so.1,libamarokpud.so.1,libkdeui.so.5,libkio.so.5,libthreadweaver.so.4,libmysqld.so.0,libpthread.so.0,libkdecore.so.5,libQtDBus.so.4,libQtCore.so.4,libQtGui.so.4,libstdc++.so.6,libc.so.6 lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so

If you like to see it with a "prettier output":

lap64 amarok_build # ls lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so | xargs scanelf -L -n -q -F '%n #F' | tr , ' ' | xargs qfile -C | sort -u
dev-db/mysql (/usr/lib64/libmysqld.so.0)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkdecore.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkdeui.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkio.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libthreadweaver.so.4)
sys-devel/gcc (/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.4/libstdc++.so.6)
sys-libs/glibc (/lib64/libc.so.6)
sys-libs/glibc (/lib64/libpthread.so.0)
x11-libs/qt-core (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtCore.so.4)
x11-libs/qt-dbus (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtDBus.so.4)
x11-libs/qt-gui (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtGui.so.4)

I'm trying some of the patches in the amarok + qt4.5 bug and will hopefully get it to build soon. So it seems we might be able to have a amarok2+amd64 party in Gentoo soon

UPDATE

atlantis@lap64 /home/gentoo-cvs/jmbsvicetto/media-sound/amarok $ qlist -IUv amarok
media-sound/amarok-1.4.10-r2 (amazon ipod kde mp4 musicbrainz mysql njb opengl python visualization)
media-sound/amarok-2.0.2 (cdaudio ipod kdeprefix mp3tunes mp4 njb opengl)

I think a party is due in #gentoo-kde!! I'm going to update the amarok ebuild in the overlay in a minute. So, let's PARTY!!!

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Cairo-Dock in the destkop-effects overlay

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:13:10 +0000

After another "short" break in my blog posts and just a few days late, I'm here to let anyone willing to try out cairo-dock that version 1.6.3.1 has been sitting in the desktop-effects overlay for sometime now.

commit edd596311612d17a6ec482a9cc8b47086a74be20
Author: Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 13:45:34 2008 -0100

    Added cairo-dock-1.6.3.1 - thanks to Bill Smith <sememmon at gmail dot com> for the ebuild.

I'll be testing version 2.0.0-beta2.1 in the next days, so expect to see updated ebuilds soon. It would be helpful to get some feedback about cairo-dock to evaluate if it would be a good addition to the tree or not.
Thanks Bill for nagging me about this and sorry for the delay.

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KDE-4.2 is now unmasked

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:30:19 +0000

To give an update on my last blog entry, after some work in the missing ebuilds and patches and after reviewing the KDE project page and the 4.X guide, I've removed the package.mask entry for 4.2.0. So after the file is propagated to the mirrors, you'll be able to update to 4.2.0.
As always, we hope you have much fun, but if you find any snags, let us know in #gentoo-kde or in bugzilla. Before you fill any bugs, please double check the KDE-4.X Guide[1] and search in bugzilla for the bug. As we already have some open bugs[2], you may want to start there.

[1] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml
[2] - https://bugs.gentoo.org/query.cgi?bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bugidtype=include&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&email1=kde%40gentoo.org&email2=&emailassigned_to1=1&emailassigned_to2=1&emailcc1=1&emailcc2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&field-1-0-0=bug_status&field-1-1-0=assigned_to&field-1-1-1=cc&field0-0-0=noop&keywords=&keywords_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&query_format=advanced&remaction=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&type-1-0-0=anyexact&type-1-1-0=substring&type-1-1-1=substring&type0-0-0=noop&value-1-0-0=NEW%2CASSIGNED%2CREOPENED&value-1-1-0=kde%40gentoo.org&value-1-1-1=kde%40gentoo.org&value0-0-0=&known_name=kde-open-bugs

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KDE-4.2

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:33:21 +0000

It's been a long time since I've last blogged about KDE, so let me bring some "fresh news".
The Gentoo KDE team is getting ready to put the 4.2.0 release[1] in the tree as soon as the tarballs are available. The ebuilds are already available in the kde-testing[2] overlay and I've added yesterday the mask[3] to the tree.
Anyone wishing to install or upgrade to the 4.2.0 release should read carefully the KDE 4.X guide[4]. We'll be reviewing this guide carefully to "smooth" the upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2.

[1] - http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Release_Schedule
[2] - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=summary
[3] - http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?r1=1.9421&r2=1.9422
[4] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml

PS - In case you don't know how KDE releases work, you won't be able to upgrade until the tarballs are officially released into the KDE mirrors. So don't try to use the ebuilds in the overlay if you don't have access to the tarballs and instead be sure to wait for them to hit the tree.

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compiz-0.7.8 is clear to land

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:31:57 +0000

If you look at ${PORTDIR}/profiles/ChangeLog, you'll see the following entry:

$ less `portageq portdir`/profiles/ChangeLog

  31 Oct 2008; Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>
  package.mask:
  Removed the compiz-fusion-0.7.8 mask now that it has been in the tree for
  a few days.

Have fun with compiz-fusion 0.7.8 and join us in #gentoo-desktop-effects on freenode or oftc and if you find a bug and report it in our Bugzilla be sure to assign it to the desktop-effects at gentoo dot org team.

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compiz-0.7.8

Jorge Manuel B. S. VICETTO — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:46:56 +0000

Just a small note that compiz-0.7.8 has landed on a tree close to you.

After it was added on 2008-09-26 to the desktop-effects overlay, compiz-0.7.8 has now been committed to the tree. The 0.7.8 release is currently hard masked pending a final review, but should be unmasked in the next couple of days.

This version uses EAPI-2, so it will require a PM that supports EAPI-2 (currently that means a testing version from one of the 3 PMs). It's possible (preferred) to install compiz-fusion by grabbing the compiz-fusion set from the desktop-effects overlay sets dir.

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