missing library libGl.la - not fixed by lafilefixer

ikshaar · Last edited by ikshaar on Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:32 pm; edited 2 times in total

Since the decision to remove la files, my system is plagued by problems of packages still looking for libGL.la.
I installed lafilefixer, ran it many times, and still packages look for same la file.
Now I cannot emerge new packages and revdep-rebuild failed on those broken packages.

I read some of the bug report saying bugzilla is not a help forum... so here I am... how do I fix my Gentoo when lafilefixer does not fix it ?!

Here is one example but many package failed with same error:

How do one prevent libtool from trying to use the libGL.la ? ebuild ? config ?

PS: this is the ~amd64 package but stable one failed too. I was just testing if newer ebuild was more successful.

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Oops, you didn't post the Errors.

ikshaar · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:29 pm Post subject:

Oops I guess was too long for forums.... here is the end:

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Well, running these is supposed to be the correct fix:

ikshaar · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:26 pm Post subject:

?? I guess I was not clear enough... I did all that..

VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

A different question: are you sure lafilefixer completed it's run successfully ?
Cause on occasions it terminates prematurely.

Gergan Penkov · Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

Just grep for -lGL in the installed la-files (I don't remember the format of the la-files it could be libGL.la instead of -lGL, but most probably is the first one) after finding the offending la-files just remove the references from them (but only the -lGL thing - or if it is libGL.la only it) and all should be ok.
The problem la-files could be in /usr/lib64 /usr/lib32 - probably in /usr/local/lib.. (/lib32 and /lib64 should not have la-files normally)
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VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

Well, there seem to be two problems here.
Some of the files were not fixed, so there may be a file, that causes lafilefixer to abort.
One problem is finding that file and figuring out why it was rejected,
the other is letting lafilefixer complete its run.

ikshaar · Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject:

Ha, thanks for the hint. I did

VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

If the result was "Found plenty", that means lafilefixer didn't finish successfully.
So, check it again and see, were does it abort (hint: look at the final output,
check for strange messages).

ikshaar · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:25 am Post subject:

Here is the end of the output...

VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

ikshaar · Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject:

well it's too late now the emerge -e world is almost done....

But can I suggest devs use an abort message which looks like an abort message, clearly stating the error !!

I used Gentoo for ~7 years, installed on 20+ computers at work - hardly a beginner - but the removal of la caused major issues for some and the fact that the script to fix it does not mention any word like fail, warning, aborting or error of any kind when it failed is really upsetting. Ok "Debug" was a hint I guess, but come one, try :

charlie · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 36

These commands might have fixed the missing dependency by deleting references to it from all *.la files:

kmacphail · Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:30 pm Post subject:

kmacphail · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:24 am Post subject: