Re: [gentoo-user] libgpod comment bug

[David Abbott]

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 1:51 PM, ddjones <ddjones@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
> I'm reemerging Amarok after adding the ipod flag and libgpod fails to install
> due to bug 537968.
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537968
>
> There's a patch for the bug, which I've copied, but it's not being applied:
>
> root@kushiel /etc/portage/patches/media-libs/libgpod # cat libgpod-swig-
> comment-fix.patch
> --- bindings/python/gpod.i.in.orig  2015-06-20 23:15:41.000000000 -0700
> +++ bindings/python/gpod.i.in   2015-06-20 23:16:28.000000000 -0700
> @@ -298,9 +298,9 @@
>  %include "gpod_doc.i"
>  %include "@top_builddir@/config.h"
>
> -# be nicer to decode these utf8 strings into Unicode objects in the C
> -# layer. Here we are leaving it to the Python side, and just giving
> -# them utf8 encoded Strings.
> +// be nicer to decode these utf8 strings into Unicode objects in the C
> +// layer. Here we are leaving it to the Python side, and just giving
> +// them utf8 encoded Strings.
>  typedef char gchar;
>
>  %typemap(in) time_t {
>
>
>
> I'm using the instructions found here:
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349707#c11
>
> However, it doesn't look like portage is even recognizing the patch:
>
>>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/media-libs/libgpod-0.8.3/work
>>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/media-
> libs/libgpod-0.8.3/work/libgpod-0.8.3 ...
>>>> Source prepared.
>
> Any hints or suggestions on what I'm doing wrong?
>
> --
> "People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only
> fault." - Sidney J. Harris
>
>

Looking at the ebuild, it is not enabled for epatch_user,

http://euscan.gentooexperimental.org/files/gentoo/media-libs/libgpod-0.8.3.ebuild

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/patches