On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 09:27:43PM -0500, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev wrote:
>
> On 8/23/19 8:31 PM, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 02:49:15AM +0100, Ken Moffat via blfs-dev wrote:
> > > With the book's current instructions, ModemManager (which appears to
> > > now be _required_ for geoclue, but maybe I'm misunderstanding the
> > > meson options for geoclue) fails to build:
> > >
[...]
> > > checking for LIBSYSTEMD... no
> > > checking for LIBSYSTEMD_LOGIN... no
> > > configure: error: libsystemd or libsystemd-login development headers are
> > > required
> > >
[...]
> > > I've now managed to
> > > build it using the following (based on gentoo) :
> > >
> > > LIBSYSTEMD_LOGIN_CFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags "libelogind"` \
> > > LIBSYSTEMD_LOGIN_LIBS=`pkg-config --libs "libelogind"` \
> > > ./configure --prefix=/usr \
> > > (etc).
> > >
> > > I've no idea if it works, and I see that the build was not verbose -
> > > but I don't really have a use for MM, or even for geoclue (unless it
> > > turns out to be the magic bullet for epiphany), just trying to check
> > > that things build.
> > >
> > > ĸen
> > After running a verbose build, and a verbose DESTDIR install,
> > followed by ldd on all the libs in the DESTDIR, I think that for
> > the sysv book elogind is just a build dependency, i.e. it doesn't
> > actually link to it.
> >
> > But I have no use for ModemManager, except that geoclue seems to
> > require it. Not sure if I should put this in the sysv book ?
> >
> > ĸen
>
>
> The primary reason why ModemManager needs elogind is so that it can gain
> access to device nodes for manipulating GSM/3G/4G/ (upcoming) 5G modems. It
> performs the same way that systemd-logind does in that case
>
Informative, but I don't have any connection to a mobile phone from
this desktop, and anyway I still can't get elogind to work.
I'll leave this for anyone who cares about gnome on sysv.
ĸen
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