Matthew Burgess wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:14:14 -0600, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: >> We have a problem with libusb and usbutils. >> >> libusb has released 1.0.0 on 2008-12-13. >> usbutils is at version 0.73 released on 2007-10-24. >> >> 1. Just leave out usbutils for now. >> 2. Revert to the earlier version of libusb. >> 3. Try to hack usbutils to use the new libusb. Looking at the code, this >> is >> non-trivial and I don't have the time or inclination to do it. >> 4. Try to install both the old and new versions simultaneously. >> 5. There is a libusb-compat-0.1 compatibility layer. It aims to look, >> feel and >> behave exactly like libusb-0.1. As it is a replacement, you cannot install >> it >> alongside libusb-0.1 on the same system. >> > > FWIW, I went with 5) when I stumbled across this, and haven't had any issues > with it. If/when the other packages are updated to work with the latest > version of libusb's API, it then becomes a simple job of just removing the > compatibility package from the book. > > (ccing blfs-dev, please post follow-ups there).
Thanks Matt. The initial post was obviously posted to the wrong list. I have *got* to stop working so late... -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
