[packman] clawsker

[packman at howorth.org.uk]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:37:38 +0100
"Carlos E. R." <robin.listas at telefonica.net> wrote:

>On 14/12/2019 12.34, packman at howorth.org.uk wrote:
>> On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 01:45:20 +0300 Kyrill Detinov
>> <lazy.kent at opensuse.org> wrote:
>>  
>>> On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:15:37 +0100 (CET) Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>  
>>>> I just noticed during an update (Leap 15.1) a problem with
>>>> "clawsker" from packman. It needs perl-Glib-introspection,
>>>> which apparently is only available on the perl repo. IMHO
>>>> packman shouldn't have a requirement for other repos.  
>>>
>>> The latest version of clawsker depends on perl(Gtk3), that isn't
>>> provided by Leap 15.*.
>>>
>>> And it is satisfied in Tumbleweed. But the clawsker doesn't run
>>> here somehow.
>>>
>>> % clawsker Typelib file for namespace 'GdkPixdata', version '2.0'
>>> not found at
>>>  
>/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.30.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/Glib/Object/Introspection.pm
>>>
>>>  
>line 108. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/clawsker line
>>> 20.
>>>
>>> I don't understand yet.  
>>
>> Out of interest, I just downloaded the source of clawsker 1.3.1
>> from https://www.claws-mail.org/clawsker.php and unpacked and built
>> it. It appears to run successfully. I'm still on Leap 15.0. I had
>> to install perl-File-Which to make it build but I don't have
>> Glib::File::Introspection so apparently that isn't needed.
>>
>> $ ./clawsker -v Clawsker :: A Claws Mail Tweaker Version:
>> @VERSION@ Perl-GLib version 1.326, built for 2.54.3, running with
>> 2.54.3. Perl-GTK3 version 0.034, built for 30, running with
>> 3.22.30. Claws Mail returned version 3.16.0.0.
>>
>> My existing clawsker 1.2.0 continues to work.
>>
>> $ clawsker -v Clawsker :: A Claws Mail Tweaker Version: 1.2.0
>> Perl-GLib version 1.326, built for 2.54.3, running with 2.54.3.
>> Perl-GTK2 version 1.24992, built for 2.24.32, running with
>> 2.24.32. Claws Mail returned version 3.16.0.0.
>>
>> I don't understand, either :)
>>
>> I hope clawsker continues to work when I upgrade to 15.1 shortly.  
>
>The thing is, a package should not require an out of repository
>package. If it is needed, the package should be included on packman
>somehow, linked if possible, or the need for another repo documented.

Agreed, but you need a reproducible, accurate diagnosis before worrying
about such points ...

>Me I'm not interested in clawsker, I don't use claws. Maybe I
>installed claws for testing at some point,

Yes you did.

> and thus I got the error I reported (which I can't replicate a second
> time). I did not save the
>solver case.

... and it seems you don't have a reproducible problem, and I couldn't
reproduce it either in slightly different circumstances, so maybe it's
finger trouble.