[kde-linux] Latest ktorrent

[jd1008]

On 06/15/2015 01:03 AM, Duncan wrote:
> jd1008 posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:36:57 -0600 as excerpted:
>
>> OK,
>> so I did find the how-to-build   simple instructions.
>> I installed all the required packages and ran cmake in the build dir,
>> and that worked just fine.
>>
>> Ran make and it belched the following error:
>>
>>
>> [  3%] Building CXX object src/CMakeFiles/ktorrent.dir/util/functions.o
>> /usr/src/redhat/NON-RPM/network-apps/ktorrent/libktorrent-1.3.1/src/
snip ...
> However, 1 argument library function vs. 2 provided by caller looks 
> like something that should always be a problem, so I doubt that's it.
gcc-4.4.7-11.el6.x86_64

>
> 2) What version of whatever package owns /usr/include/kde4/klocale.h ?
# rpm -q --whatprovides /usr/include/kde4/klocale.h
kdelibs-devel-4.3.4-23.el6_6.x86_64
>
> 3) If you know how to check (or can figure out), does that package patch
> that file in any way?
Well, it seems to.
# rpm -ql --provides kdelibs-devel-4.3.4-23.el6_6.x86_64 | grep klocale
/usr/include/kde4/klocale.h

>
> Seems there's a basic function calling incompatibility between the
> library supplying that function, and what the libktorrent sources are
> wanting.  It's very likely either a version incompatibility that there's
> a patch for, or your package provider patched it and a compatible patch
> needs applied to libktorrent.
>
>
> FWIW, a quick look here says:
>
> a) gentoo doesn't patch libktorrent (same version, 1.3.1).
>
> b) gentoo uses the path /usr/include/klocale.h (no kde4 subdir here), and
> that file belongs to kdelibs.
>
> c) I currently have kdelibs-4.14.9 installed.  That should be pretty new
> from upstream, as gentoo/kde is pretty much on the ball.
>
> d) gentoo does patch kdelibs, but none of the patches include the word
> klocale.h, so that file isn't patched.
>
> e) In my kdelibs-4.14.9 version of klocale.h, I see two definitions for
> formatByteSize.
# locate klocale.h
/usr/include/kde/klocale.h
/usr/include/kde4/klocale.h


>
> Personally, if you're on a kde4 earlier than 4.5 as it seems you are,
> while the latest 4.14.x with 4.11.x workspace, I'd *VERY* *STRONGLY*
> recommend upgrading to at *LEAST* 4.5, as from my experience, despite
Canot - due to the fact that I would want all kde apps to come
from the same repo that provides latest kde4. I do not
know of such a repo for centos.