[Sebastian, Will, Alexander] Problems compiling kdebase-4.3 due to trig

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 24 November 2009, Volker Krause wrote:
> On Monday 23 November 2009 22:43:55 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 November 2009, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > On Friday 20 November 2009, Sebastian Trueg wrote:
> > > > are you sure there isn't something wrong with your setup?
> > > > After all, the header is installed by kdelibs/nepomuk/core/ui
> > >
> > > Let's see tomorrow when kdelibs builds again.
> >
> > So, kdebase is not building since more than a week now.
> > The problem is this in kdelibs/CMakeLists.txt:
> >
> > if(Soprano_FOUND AND SOPRANO_PLUGIN_RAPTORPARSER_FOUND
> >    AND SOPRANO_PLUGIN_REDLANDBACKEND_FOUND)
> >   set(HAVE_NEPOMUK true)
> >   add_subdirectory(nepomuk)
> > endif(Soprano_FOUND AND SOPRANO_PLUGIN_RAPTORPARSER_FOUND
> >       AND SOPRANO_PLUGIN_REDLANDBACKEND_FOUND)
> >
> > This part is skipped on my box, which is ok, since this is optional,
> > otherwise cmake should fail and report that it can't build kdelibs
> > because RAPTORPARSER and REDLANDBACKEND have not been found.
> >
> > But as it is, it succeeds, and skips nepomuk, and by this does not
> > install e.g. ./nepomuk/core/ui/kmetadatatagwidget.h .
> > But this is used later on in kdepim, which then fails:
> > http://my.cdash.org/viewBuildError.php?buildid=38741
> >
> > So, what do we do ?
> >
> > Is SOPRANO_PLUGIN_RAPTORPARSER_FOUND and
> > SOPRANO_PLUGIN_REDLANDBACKEND_FOUND really optional or should we make it
> > required ?
> >
> > Or should the code be built only optionally ?
> > Then it needs proper checks.
> >
> > As it is now, it is broken.
>
> as far as KDE PIM is concerned (which the above mentioned build error
> referes to), Nepomuk is a hard dependency for all practical purposes, this
> is just not yet reflected in the buildsystem correctly everywhere (it is
> mostly a runtime dependency anyway).

What does that mean ? Would nepomuk still work if the generated files (from 
raptor/trig) were put into svn and generated only on demand by those who know 
what they are doing ?
Is the redland and raptor/trig stuff also necessary at runtime or only at 
buildtime ?

Alex