abiword needs x11 7. repos tell i have latest x11

[Diabolic Preacher]

i used slapt-get to download and install abiword but it fails as it needs X11 > 7.0 (or 7.1) but when i try upgrading X11, slapt-get refuses to upgrade to new version and says that your version is up to date.

[M0E-lnx]

I think that's a bad package. ( I may have built that on a dirty box.)

I also thought that was re-built by someone else. I can no longer maintain it because I do not have a clean install anymore.

[Diabolic Preacher]

oh!

...so umm my basic question is where else do i get a .tlz package of abiword or .tgz or only .tar.bz2 ?

[uelsk8s]

you can use slapt-get --install abiword --no-dep

[caitlyn]

This issue is still unresolved.  I got the same results trying to install abiword into VL 5.8 SOHO. Yes, the version out there works with stock X.org. It's merely a matter of changing the slack-required file.  I could probably do that and resubmit the package if the original package maintained cannot.

-Cait

[M0E-lnx]

I will re-build the package in a clean install to get rid of this issue... Please hold ..... <background music>


EDIT:

< Stop background music >

The package has been fixed

slapt-get --update and slapt-get --install abiword should do it now

[caitlyn]

It's fixed for SOHO but now broken for Standard due to a freetype 2.2.1 dependency.  Either freetype in Standard needs to be upgraded or the slack-required file needs another change

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
-Cait

[Lyn]

I think this is a problem that has happened with a number of packages, I think we may need to separate the repositories for 5.8 standard and 5.8 soho.....

[easuter]

Thanks for the info caitlyn.

By the way, does everything work correctly if you use the --no-dep option of slapt-get?
At least for the X11 and Freetype dependencies? If yes, then it will just be a matter of fixing abiword's slack-required.

I'm very sorry for not taking care of this sooner, but time is rather limited for me right now.
Tomorrow is Saturday, so I can spare some time to getting this fixed. 

[caitlyn]

Yes, it works just fine with --no-dep.  As you say, probably correcting the slack-required file would do it.  I'm just wondering if bringing the version of freetype up to the same level as SOHO may be a better approach to avoid problems with other packages.

[easuter]

I've fixed the slack-desc files for both abiword and goffice, and they both install in SOHO and run correctly too.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!