[Slackbuilds-users] audio/mpd 0.21.22 does not build on Slackware 14.2

[Dave Woodfall]

On 01/08/20 12:39,
Richard Narron <richard at aaazen.com> put forth the proposition:
> On Sat, 1 Aug 2020, Dave Woodfall wrote:
> > On 31/07/20 22:22,
> > Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr> put forth the proposition:
> > > Le 31/07/2020 à 22:03, Rich Shepard a écrit :
> > > > On Fri, 31 Jul 2020, Richard Narron wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The latest version of audio/mpd 0.21.22 does not actually build on
> > > >> Slackware 14.2
> > > >>
> > > >> The build stops soon with this error:
> > > >>  mpd.SlackBuild: line 81: meson: command not found
> > > >> meson and ninja are included in Slackware current but not on 14.2
> > > >
> > > > Richard,
> > > >
> > > > Both can be installed from SBo:
> > > Yes, but these build dependencies are not
> > > mentionned in the README and in the .info
> > > Didier
> >
> > Fixed in my branch.
> By "my branch" I assume you mean:
> https://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/tree/audio/mpd

I pushed it to my user/dive/updates branch here:

https://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/commit/?id=da9636f12

> The newer mpd builds require "ninja" as well as "meson".

ninja is already a dependency of meson so it's covered.

> Another way of fixing the problem is to revert the mpd version back to
> 20.18 which builds fine with "make" on Slackware 14.2
> The latest version of mpd that builds with "make" seems to
> be 20.23
> All the newer software builds from www.musicpd.org such
> as libmpdlient, mpc and ncmpc now require both mesa and ninja.
> Since Slackware current includes ninja and meson, maybe these new builds
> should be put in Slackware current instead of Slackware 14.2?

I've never used mpd, so I can't speak from that point of view, but I
can't see a problem with it if we carry both ninja and meson anyway.
Maybe it's something you should speak to the maintainer about?

--
Dave
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