Re: conflicting dependencies in sysutils/flashrom

[Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost>]

On 23/12/2019 13:52, Greg Troxel wrote:

> So obviously not for changing in freeze, but I really wonder what the
> grand plan is for LIBUSB_TYPE is, in terms of defaults.  It seems
> obvious to me (said realizing it isn't) that given that much software
> probably needs libusb1, that the only reasonable approach is to have
> libusb1 installed and then the compat lib for things that need 0.  Using
> native 0 means that anything that ends up with both is probably trouble.
> > So I will float the notion that LIBUSB_TYPE should default to compat
> (meaning if the user has not set it).
Assuming the packages work that seems like the way to go. One other 
useful thing would be to make the problem easier to diagnose. Some sort 
of warning in the libusb1 package makefile that emits some sort of 
warning if LIBUSB_TYPE is not set to compat so at least a user has a 
breadcrumb trail to follow to get rid of the conflict?

Mike