[Slackbuilds-users] libvirt 4.6.0 is a mess

[Didier Spaier]

Hi,

On 08/17/2018 06:20 PM, Andrzej Telszewski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been contacting Robby, but since I haven't received any reply nor I see any correction in the git, I decided to come to the list, so you can take action before the next public update.
> 
> With version 4.6.0, libvirt has switched from yajl to Jansson.
> Unfortunately, this switch comes with more problems than it solves:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1614959
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1614569
> 
> I've actually experienced the bugs mentioned in the above threads.
> 
> libvirt team has already switched back for yajl for the next version.
> 
> What I propose is that you withdraw the 4.6.0 update.
> Alternatively, you can update for version 4.5.0; the only change needed is changing back to yajl in REQUIRES and --with-yajl.

But the version in  https://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.2/libraries/libvirt/ is 4.0.O at time of writing so I don't understand what you request Robby to do, nor why there should be a correction in git.

Did you request an upgrade to 4.6.0 to Robby already, and want to withdraw this request?  

Didier