> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2020 at 8:08 AM > From: "Ken Moffat via blfs-support" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > To: "BLFS Support List" <blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> > Cc: "Ken Moffat" <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> > Subject: Re: [blfs-support] libsoup will not build with sysprof > > On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:27:32AM -0600, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-support > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Ah, I missed that (rebuilt meson, retried libsoup). > > > I'll upload the patch to patches, but I really don't think we need > > > to recommend sysprof for libsoup. > > > > > > ĸen > > > > Xi and I were the ones who found the issue. If you don't have sysprof > > installed, on our systems, libsoup downloaded a git copy of > > libsysprof-capture-4. Turning sysprof off is an option of course, but it > > does remove some functionality and it remains to be seen (I guess I'll see > > here in a day or two since I'm doing a full rebuild for systemd-247) what > > having that functionality removed actually does... > > > > I'm vaguely interested in what showed up during the download (if > details are available). > > In theory the choice for sysprof (in libsoup) is auto, so I would > expect it to be disabled if sysprof is not found, but obviously my > expectations and what actually happens may differ. > > However, if it does download a git copy and you therefore want to > use system sysprof then meson will need to be patched until the next > meson release comes out. > > ĸen > -- > To say that it (his hair) was black and bound up in a ponytail is to > miss the opportunity of using the term 'elephantine'. It was hair > with personality. -- The Thief Of Time (about the monk, Sato). > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Hello Ken, If sysprof is not installed, and is not disabled, it creates a blank git "tree" and downloads sysprof and compiles it. I did not investigate if it actually installs sysprof, or if it keeps it private to itself. I notice that other packages are also now including sysprof as run-time requirements, unless of course it is disabled. It was the not knowing what may happen with a running system that has sysprof disabled in libsoup that had me concerned. I did apply the patch mentioned and recompiled sysprof and libsoup successfully, so libsoup now has sysprof support. Regards, Christopher. -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
