Re: Next release

2012-08-24 Thread email

Hi pals!

In the last time we did, in my opinion, a big mistake. In test scripts  
we checked for libpng like: SDL::Config-has('png'). But this didnt  
ever returned true, Simply because the HAVE_PNG was only set when  
actually building that lib in SDL. (Note: not Alien::SDL)
This -has() method works pretty fine for stuff like SDL_gfx, since it  
will return true if we found SDL_gfx*.h. But there was no check for  
png.h at this stage. So even if we found libpng in system dirs or when  
we build it on our own, -has('png') never returned true.


I changed the tests so it checks now for libpng in the shlib-hash that  
we get from Alien::SDL. This hash contains all found/build libs, and  
their path.


And why does it fail then?
BSD. LibPNG needs libz to run. Normally you would think that libpng is  
actually linked against libz, but hey, the BSD ppl dont think that  
way. I dont know the reasons but they decided to somehow build libpng  
without linking against libz.
when you do: ldd /path/to/libpng.so you will get all the dependencies  
printed as a list. This works pretty fine on most systems, like on our  
ubuntu's and what not.
On OpemBSD it prints an error message that the lib cant be loaded. But  
if you do LD_PRELOAD_LIBS=/path/to/libz.so ldd /path/to/libpng.so it  
will work. So we have to preload the lib in order libpng will use it.
Doing this needs to happen on a very early level. Doing it from within  
a running perl is to late, even if we load libpng using DynaLoader.
The only thing I can think about atm is that we run a perl, load that  
libz.so, and start a child perl process that does the stuff we do now.


This problem applies to libpng (needs libz), libtiff (needs libjpeg)  
and libvorbis (needs libogg).
Before YAPC::EU I was working hard on that thing, I guess I can supply  
a patch in a few days.


Another problem that exists right now is that the old G4-Macs dont  
have a header file we want to use, I will debug that at some point. I  
dont think that there are so many users with a G4. These fails only  
come from BinGOs so far.


And there are still SDL::Controller(::Interface) fails. But since I  
dont really understand whats happening there it would be cool if the  
author (you kathekore ;o) would have a look at it.


So far from me, I will write a msg about the YAPC later.

See ya and take care,
Tobias

Zitat von Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.com:


Awesome thanks.

Kartik Thakore

On 2012-08-23, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Palmer jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com
wrote:

Hi,

I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but FROGGS will
know for sure.

Jeff

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore  
thakore.kar...@gmail.comwrote:



Hey guys,

It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails. May I
get a summary of what the fails are?

Regards








Re: Next release

2012-08-24 Thread Kartik Thakore
Ok i will twiddle with it. Do you have a freebsd machine I can ssh too? Or
a vmware image?
On Aug 24, 2012 4:11 AM, em...@froggs.de wrote:

 Hi pals!

 In the last time we did, in my opinion, a big mistake. In test scripts we
 checked for libpng like: SDL::Config-has('png'). But this didnt ever
 returned true, Simply because the HAVE_PNG was only set when actually
 building that lib in SDL. (Note: not Alien::SDL)
 This -has() method works pretty fine for stuff like SDL_gfx, since it
 will return true if we found SDL_gfx*.h. But there was no check for png.h
 at this stage. So even if we found libpng in system dirs or when we build
 it on our own, -has('png') never returned true.

 I changed the tests so it checks now for libpng in the shlib-hash that we
 get from Alien::SDL. This hash contains all found/build libs, and their
 path.

 And why does it fail then?
 BSD. LibPNG needs libz to run. Normally you would think that libpng is
 actually linked against libz, but hey, the BSD ppl dont think that way. I
 dont know the reasons but they decided to somehow build libpng without
 linking against libz.
 when you do: ldd /path/to/libpng.so you will get all the dependencies
 printed as a list. This works pretty fine on most systems, like on our
 ubuntu's and what not.
 On OpemBSD it prints an error message that the lib cant be loaded. But if
 you do LD_PRELOAD_LIBS=/path/to/libz.**so ldd /path/to/libpng.so it will
 work. So we have to preload the lib in order libpng will use it.
 Doing this needs to happen on a very early level. Doing it from within a
 running perl is to late, even if we load libpng using DynaLoader.
 The only thing I can think about atm is that we run a perl, load that
 libz.so, and start a child perl process that does the stuff we do now.

 This problem applies to libpng (needs libz), libtiff (needs libjpeg) and
 libvorbis (needs libogg).
 Before YAPC::EU I was working hard on that thing, I guess I can supply a
 patch in a few days.

 Another problem that exists right now is that the old G4-Macs dont have a
 header file we want to use, I will debug that at some point. I dont think
 that there are so many users with a G4. These fails only come from BinGOs
 so far.

 And there are still SDL::Controller(::Interface) fails. But since I dont
 really understand whats happening there it would be cool if the author (you
 kathekore ;o) would have a look at it.

 So far from me, I will write a msg about the YAPC later.

 See ya and take care,
 Tobias

 Zitat von Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.com:

  Awesome thanks.

 Kartik Thakore

 On 2012-08-23, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Palmer jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but FROGGS will
 know for sure.

 Jeff

 On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.com
 **wrote:

  Hey guys,

 It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails. May
 I
 get a summary of what the fails are?

 Regards







Re: Next release

2012-08-24 Thread Tobias Leich
Hi, I tried exporting that machine from virtualbox, but it fails with a
stupid errormessage that I dont understand.
You cant access that box from internet, I'm sorry. I'll let you know
when I got an export of that machine.

Cheers.

Am 24.08.2012 18:21, schrieb Kartik Thakore:

 Ok i will twiddle with it. Do you have a freebsd machine I can ssh
 too? Or a vmware image?

 On Aug 24, 2012 4:11 AM, em...@froggs.de mailto:em...@froggs.de wrote:

 Hi pals!

 In the last time we did, in my opinion, a big mistake. In test
 scripts we checked for libpng like: SDL::Config-has('png'). But
 this didnt ever returned true, Simply because the HAVE_PNG was
 only set when actually building that lib in SDL. (Note: not
 Alien::SDL)
 This -has() method works pretty fine for stuff like SDL_gfx,
 since it will return true if we found SDL_gfx*.h. But there was no
 check for png.h at this stage. So even if we found libpng in
 system dirs or when we build it on our own, -has('png') never
 returned true.

 I changed the tests so it checks now for libpng in the shlib-hash
 that we get from Alien::SDL. This hash contains all found/build
 libs, and their path.

 And why does it fail then?
 BSD. LibPNG needs libz to run. Normally you would think that
 libpng is actually linked against libz, but hey, the BSD ppl dont
 think that way. I dont know the reasons but they decided to
 somehow build libpng without linking against libz.
 when you do: ldd /path/to/libpng.so you will get all the
 dependencies printed as a list. This works pretty fine on most
 systems, like on our ubuntu's and what not.
 On OpemBSD it prints an error message that the lib cant be loaded.
 But if you do LD_PRELOAD_LIBS=/path/to/libz.so ldd
 /path/to/libpng.so it will work. So we have to preload the lib in
 order libpng will use it.
 Doing this needs to happen on a very early level. Doing it from
 within a running perl is to late, even if we load libpng using
 DynaLoader.
 The only thing I can think about atm is that we run a perl, load
 that libz.so, and start a child perl process that does the stuff
 we do now.

 This problem applies to libpng (needs libz), libtiff (needs
 libjpeg) and libvorbis (needs libogg).
 Before YAPC::EU I was working hard on that thing, I guess I can
 supply a patch in a few days.

 Another problem that exists right now is that the old G4-Macs dont
 have a header file we want to use, I will debug that at some
 point. I dont think that there are so many users with a G4. These
 fails only come from BinGOs so far.

 And there are still SDL::Controller(::Interface) fails. But since
 I dont really understand whats happening there it would be cool if
 the author (you kathekore ;o) would have a look at it.

 So far from me, I will write a msg about the YAPC later.

 See ya and take care,
 Tobias

 Zitat von Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.com
 mailto:thakore.kar...@gmail.com:

 Awesome thanks.

 Kartik Thakore

 On 2012-08-23, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Palmer
 jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com mailto:jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but
 FROGGS will
 know for sure.

 Jeff

 On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore
 thakore.kar...@gmail.com mailto:thakore.kar...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hey guys,

 It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit
 of fails. May I
 get a summary of what the fails are?

 Regards







Re: Next release

2012-08-24 Thread Kartik Thakore
Cool no rush.

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Tobias Leich em...@froggs.de wrote:

  Hi, I tried exporting that machine from virtualbox, but it fails with a
 stupid errormessage that I dont understand.
 You cant access that box from internet, I'm sorry. I'll let you know when
 I got an export of that machine.

 Cheers.

 Am 24.08.2012 18:21, schrieb Kartik Thakore:

 Ok i will twiddle with it. Do you have a freebsd machine I can ssh too? Or
 a vmware image?
 On Aug 24, 2012 4:11 AM, em...@froggs.de wrote:

 Hi pals!

 In the last time we did, in my opinion, a big mistake. In test scripts we
 checked for libpng like: SDL::Config-has('png'). But this didnt ever
 returned true, Simply because the HAVE_PNG was only set when actually
 building that lib in SDL. (Note: not Alien::SDL)
 This -has() method works pretty fine for stuff like SDL_gfx, since it
 will return true if we found SDL_gfx*.h. But there was no check for png.h
 at this stage. So even if we found libpng in system dirs or when we build
 it on our own, -has('png') never returned true.

 I changed the tests so it checks now for libpng in the shlib-hash that we
 get from Alien::SDL. This hash contains all found/build libs, and their
 path.

 And why does it fail then?
 BSD. LibPNG needs libz to run. Normally you would think that libpng is
 actually linked against libz, but hey, the BSD ppl dont think that way. I
 dont know the reasons but they decided to somehow build libpng without
 linking against libz.
 when you do: ldd /path/to/libpng.so you will get all the dependencies
 printed as a list. This works pretty fine on most systems, like on our
 ubuntu's and what not.
 On OpemBSD it prints an error message that the lib cant be loaded. But if
 you do LD_PRELOAD_LIBS=/path/to/libz.so ldd /path/to/libpng.so it will
 work. So we have to preload the lib in order libpng will use it.
 Doing this needs to happen on a very early level. Doing it from within a
 running perl is to late, even if we load libpng using DynaLoader.
 The only thing I can think about atm is that we run a perl, load that
 libz.so, and start a child perl process that does the stuff we do now.

 This problem applies to libpng (needs libz), libtiff (needs libjpeg) and
 libvorbis (needs libogg).
 Before YAPC::EU I was working hard on that thing, I guess I can supply a
 patch in a few days.

 Another problem that exists right now is that the old G4-Macs dont have a
 header file we want to use, I will debug that at some point. I dont think
 that there are so many users with a G4. These fails only come from BinGOs
 so far.

 And there are still SDL::Controller(::Interface) fails. But since I dont
 really understand whats happening there it would be cool if the author (you
 kathekore ;o) would have a look at it.

 So far from me, I will write a msg about the YAPC later.

 See ya and take care,
 Tobias

 Zitat von Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.com:

  Awesome thanks.

 Kartik Thakore

 On 2012-08-23, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Palmer jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 Hi,

 I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but FROGGS will
 know for sure.

 Jeff

 On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore 
 thakore.kar...@gmail.comwrote:

  Hey guys,

 It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails.
 May I
 get a summary of what the fails are?

 Regards








Next release

2012-08-23 Thread Kartik Thakore
Hey guys,

It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails. May I
get a summary of what the fails are?

Regards


Re: Next release

2012-08-23 Thread Jeffrey Palmer
Hi,

I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but FROGGS will
know for sure.

Jeff

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hey guys,

 It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails. May I
 get a summary of what the fails are?

 Regards



Re: Next release

2012-08-23 Thread Kartik Thakore
Awesome thanks.

Kartik Thakore

On 2012-08-23, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Palmer jeffrey.t.pal...@gmail.com
wrote:

Hi,

I think the problem is TIFF support on BSD and Solaris, but FROGGS will
know for sure.

Jeff

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Kartik Thakore thakore.kar...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hey guys,

 It looks like SDL lastest experimental has quite a few bit of fails. May I
 get a summary of what the fails are?

 Regards