Re: [Tracker] [Patch] Tracker deb and libc6 in Debian Etch

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Laurent Aguerreche wrote:
> Le lundi 30 octobre 2006 Ã 02:01 +0000, Jamie McCracken a Ãcrit :
> > Laurent Aguerreche wrote:
> > > Le vendredi 27 octobre 2006 Ã 23:01 +0200, Laurent Aguerreche a Ãcrit :
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > Le jeudi 26 octobre 2006 Ã 17:46 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe a Ãcrit :
> > > > > On 10/26/06, Laurent Aguerreche <laurent aguerreche free fr> wrote:
> > > > > > Le jeudi 26 octobre 2006 Ã 16:30 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe a Ãcrit :
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I got damn excited when I read Jamie's proposal for tracker to be
> > > > > > > included in GNOME 2.18.
> > > > > > > Unfortunately, when installing the deb (in Debian) linked on
> > > > > > > gnome-announce-list today, it tells me that it depends on libc6
> > > > > > > (>=2.4-1) while Debian is surely going to release with 2.3.6, in
> > > > > > > December. Is there a way in which you can accomodate debian users,
> > > > > > > without them resorting to compilation?
> > > > > > I'm currently working on these packages :
> > > > > > - add a new package tracker-gnome-search-tool
> > > > > > - some cleanups
> > > > > Nice stuff.
> > > > I send a patch that:
> > > > - add a new tracker-gnome-search-tool package;
> > > > - remove issues with --rpath  [0];
> > > > - add --as-needed for ld to remove unnecessary library dependencies;
> > > > - add linda overrides for warnings about wrong "changelog.gz" names. It
> > > > happens because Tracker is seen as a native debian package. But it can
> > > > be consider that debian packages and releases of Tracker are
> > > > independents... so the overrides;
> > > > - some cleanups (unnecessary files, backup files still there, etc.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > [0]: http://wiki.debian.org/RpathIssue
> > > This patch made tracker-utils and tracker-gnome-search-tool depending
> > > only to libtrackerclient0, not libtrackerclient0 (= 0.5.0). This new
> > > patch fixes it (and it is also cumulative).
> > thanks have applied to cvs
> >
> > It did not apply totally clean - can you check from a fresh check out 
> > (in a different directory) that its all there
>
> There are still files that are generated during debian package building
> and the "rules" file is missing some things.
> So I send a patch (and I tested it in spite of building issues. Good
> news is that "ioprio support" says "Yes" at configure.  :-) ).

thanks -  will have a look

> Currently Tracker cannot be built:
> * in configure.in:
>   
> AC_CONFIG_FILES([
> 	Makefile	 
> 	tracker.pc
>         docs/MakeFile
>         data/Makefile
>         ...
>
>   at the end.
>
> but "docs" directory is missing...

I added the docs directory last night with the man pages - you will need 
to do a fresh checkout to see it (for some reason I dont understand with 
cvs)

its also visible in
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/tracker/



--
Mr Jamie McCracken
http://jamiemcc.livejournal.com/