On Tue, 2019-09-03, at 11:58 +0200, Noryungi wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your answer. I commented out the file in PLIST and guile
> 2.2.5 compiled and installed correctly.
>
> Also, there are several packages with the same file in their PLIST
> configuration:
>
> $ grep -Ril charset.alias ./*/*/PLIST
> ./converters/libiconv/PLIST
> ./cross/arm-none-eabi-gdb/PLIST
> ./mail/dovecot2/PLIST
> ./sysutils/amanda-common/PLIST
> ./sysutils/grub2/PLIST
> ./www/elinks/PLIST
>
> I suspect "libiconv", "grub2", "dovecot2" and "amanda-common" are
> probably going to be the most important packages for most users.
>
> The package "libiconv" in particular is a dependency in a lot of other
> packages, unless I am mistaken:
>
> $ grep -Ril libiconv ./*/*/Makefile | wc -l
> 311
>
> BUT... The interesting thing is that a dumb "bmake && bmake install"
> compiles libiconv without any issue:
>
> => Automatic manual page handling
> => Generating post-install file lists
> => Checking file-check results for libiconv-1.14nb3
> => Creating binary package
> /opt/pkgsrc/pkgsrc/converters/libiconv/work/.packages/libiconv-
> 1.14nb3.tgz
> ===> Building binary package for libiconv-1.14nb3
> => Creating binary package /opt/pkgsrc/pkgsrc/packages/All/libiconv-
> 1.14nb3.tgz
> ===> Installing binary package of libiconv-1.14nb3
> libiconv-1.14nb3: copying
> /opt/pkg/share/examples/libiconv/charset.alias to
> /opt/pkg/lib/charset.alias
>
> Is it possible that libiconv is required to obtain this
> "charset.alias" file?
>
> This is very confusing to me, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hello,
Each of those packages installs their own (different) version of that
file. (Except that I see amanda-common and grub2 both install their
version of the file to the same place, which is a potential problem.
And dovecot2 installs a totally different file that shares part of the
name.)
guile22 doesn't check for the presence of that file from another source,
it simply assumes it should or shouldn't provide its own based on its
detection of the OS it's compiling under. The simplest fix is just to
special-case that, so that's what I've committed.
Regards,
Dave