20110114 sdl-1.2.14 [VL7.0]

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budulay has built a new Sdl package for VectorLinux 7.0.
   
   

• Package:   sdl-1.2.14-i586-1vl70.txz
• MD5: ce1d9c2908432fc42b68b902e5124d86
• Package Size:   354 K
• Installed Size:   1320 K
• Sources: http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-7.0/source/testing/libs/sdl

   
   

Code:

sdl: sdl (Simple DirectMedia Layer library)
sdl: This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a generic API that provides low
sdl: level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via
sdl: OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms.
sdl: SDL links against alsa-lib, arts, audiofile, esound, and the X11
sdl: libraries.  Make sure all of these are installed if you're planning to
sdl: use SDL (a full installation will cover all of the prerequisites).
sdl: License: GPL
sdl: Authors: Sam Lantinga, see CREDITS
sdl: Website: http://www.libsdl.org/index.php

   
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SDL 1.2.14 is already part of vl7.0.   It's just that it is all capitalized.
/var/log/packages/SDL-1.2.14-i586-2vl70
I'm wondering if having a second differently named package will create a problem. lf someone uses slapt-get to remove a package that also removes the sdl/SDL package as a dependency. Then installing anything that was built against the uppercase SDL package fails because SDL is not really there but it still shows up in /var/log/packages/.

[budulay]

What version of VL7?

I remember needing it for something on Alpha 4.6...

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You may have needed it because the SlackBuild you were working off of had a premade slack-required call for 'sdl' lowercase.  I ran into this as well, since I think 'sdl' lowercase is a very common way of installing sdl on slackware systems.  SDL uppercase is how the package itself is named when you download the source.

Anyway, I bet if you...
ls /var/log/packages/SDL*
and
ls /var/log/packages/sdl*
you will find both.

I'm not an expert on slapt-get dependencies but my worry is that when one is removed either by removepkg or by slapt-get the other one will remain in name only in /var/log/packages/.  This would then cause slapt-get to think it is there when it is not.  Maybe someone more experienced can verify.

[budulay]

Maybe that's what it was...

I checked and there is a SDL-1.2.14 package in VL7, so I guess to avoid confusion this one should be removed.

EDIT:
I just remembered. I needed sdl to install wxGTK(which in turn I needed to build filezilla) that was already in the repo but had 2 unmet dependencies - pixman and sdl.
I just installed wxGTK on A4.9 with --no-dep(since SDL-1.2.14 is already installed) and then installed filezilla and everything seems to work. So it seems it's a problem with wxGTK package.

I'll post this in the VL7 A4 feedback thread.

[budulay]

On the other hand, I think I'll just rebuild wxGTK this weekend