Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:37:31 +0000 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: Jun Kuriyama <kuriyama@freebsd.org> Cc: Dima Panov <Fluffy@fluffy.khv.ru>, rse@gnu.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security/gnupg installing pth-2.0.7 causing problems Message-ID: <200911130937.31596.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <48acff730911121547l7c7e9af9p9518a6603882d04a@mail.gmail.com> References: <E28FFB752F43478A951BFAF0F00E40FE@sleuth64> <200911081549.06930.david@vizion2000.net> <48acff730911121547l7c7e9af9p9518a6603882d04a@mail.gmail.com>
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> 2009/11/9 David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>: > >> 2009/11/8 David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>: > > > > What puzzles me is why the gnupg maintainer is sooooooooo reluctant to > > provide alternative options to using pth when there are both system > > libraries and libpthread-stubs-0.1 available as an alternative. > > Dependencuy upon libpthread-stubs-0.1 enables gnupg to function without > > causing unnecessary problems. My understand is the pth was written for > > those systems which do not have alternative libraries for handling > > threads. > > My understanding is, stock gnupg dist depends on pth (even if > described as optional). > > It seems using libpthread-stubs needs to modify configure script. Do you > have a patch for this? > I am not experienced at creating the scripts and am not confident in that area. My focus is on building and testing as many ports as possible and reporting problems!!! The way I tackle the gnupg problem on my running systems is when gnupg is built I immediately delete pth and replace gnupg's dependency. However I get caught out when gnupg gets upgraded on systems during a portupgrade -a run and other ports become comprised due to the presence of pth!! It then takes a lot of effort to sort out resultant difficulties. On one occasion I had to completely rebuild all python ports and those dependent upon it. At first it seemed as though the problems were due to a screwed up python installation -- but the problems came from pth! I would appreciate it if someone were able to produce an appropriate patch for this!! Thanks in advance
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