vnc-4.1.2-r4 with USE=server option

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

For those that are having problems where gentoo wants to emerge the following packages

[ebuild UD] x11-proto/renderproto-0.9.2 [0.9.3]
[ebuild UD] x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard-1.1.1-r1 [1.2.2]
[ebuild UD] x11-base/xorg-server-1.3.0.0 [1.4-r1]

because you have used the server option when emerging VNC after you have upgraded to xorg 1.4 you will need to edit the ebuild.

in the vnc-4.1.2-r4.ebuild

Change from:

# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/vnc/vnc-4.1.2-r4.ebuild,v 1.1 2007/09/04 13:20:37 armin76 Exp $

WANT_AUTOCONF="latest"
WANT_AUTOMAKE="latest"
inherit eutils toolchain-funcs multilib autotools

XSERVER_VERSION="1.3.0.0"
PATCH="${P}-r4-patches-0.1"

Change to:

# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/vnc/vnc-4.1.2-r4.ebuild,v 1.1 2007/09/04 13:20:37 armin76 Exp $

WANT_AUTOCONF="latest"
WANT_AUTOMAKE="latest"
inherit eutils toolchain-funcs multilib autotools

XSERVER_VERSION="1.4"
PATCH="${P}-r4-patches-0.1"

Then do the following:

ebuild vnc-4.1.2-r4.ebuild digest

This should resolve the issue with xorg and vnc wanting to downgrade. You will need to do this every time you emerge --sync

Some one needs to update the ebuild of the vnc

Sadako · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject:

Nice find, you should file a bug about this on bugs.gentoo.org, these kind of ebuild fixes are typically fixed very quickly once the devs know about it.
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LavaJoe · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject:

Yep, here's the bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193047

The above fix did not work for me, since I have the "server" USE flag set, which tries to apply the xorg-x11-server-source patches. Since the new xorg code is different enough, the patches fail. I have successfully generated new patches (#17, #21, and #29), I can get the unpack to work, but now I am getting a compile failure - looking into it.

If you have the server USE flag set, I do not understand how you would have success with just changing 1.3.0.0 to 1.4.

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

Lavajoe,

I donot know how it worked either to be honest. I am the one that is also working on the bug reports post as well. but it works every time for me. I got another gentoo box that I have had off now for 7 months and forgot about till the other day and it is doing all the updates now and worked with no problem. The other one that I started to get the errors on with the trying to downgrade to 1.3.0.0 was a fresh install from the 2007.0 cd. wish i could help you all out more. just give me the info you need and I will try and get it for you all.

LavaJoe · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:24 pm Post subject:

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

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Hi - if you can save your emerge build log and attach it to the bug, that might help.

-Thanks, Joe[/quote]

emerge log posted for you.

There was some modification to the ebuild as I did my own patch for now for the change of the xorg server from 1.3.0.0 to 1.4

LavaJoe · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:52 pm Post subject:

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

posted new information for you.

LavaJoe · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

LavaJoe · Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject:

nightshade2069 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 140

well after running in to the problem agian on a system I was updating. I came up with a really yucky work around.. and boy do i mean yucky, I posted it on bug report but to sum it up. you have to downgrade to xorg 1.3.0.0 emerge vnc with the use server option. mask and unmerge several packaged then do the world update. then unmask the packages edit the ebuild and then go for it. and cross your fingers.. but so far it has worked on 3 systems..