On 9/9/13 7:40 AM, Alfredo Pironti wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Alexander Hansen
> <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9/9/13 7:29 AM, Alfredo Pironti wrote:
>>>
>>> Is this Y2K38 problem related to mplayer not finding the library? In
>>> my system, I do have fribidi-shlib installed, with libraries in
>>> /sw/lib, but mplayer seems to look for them in
>>> /sw/src/fink.build/root-fribidi-0.19.5-1/sw/lib/libfribidi.0.dylib
>>>
>>> It looks to me like mplayer is looking for the library in a somewhat
>>> temporary location, rather than the standard one?
>>>
>>> Alfredo
>>>
>>
>> The fundamental problem is that fribidi is building incorrectly and the
>> information which it is giving to mplayer and other packages about where to
>> find its libraries is incorrect. The time and date issue was the only
>> significant difference that I saw between Renaud's build and my correct one.
>>
>> Anyway try the fix that Martin suggested (and that I repeated), and use
>> "fink rebuild fribidi" to generate a correctly (we hope) built fribidi.
>
> Sorry, I overlooked Martin's patch (and I don't know enough about the
> fink building system). I guess Martin's patch requires modifying the
> building script for fribidi (any hint on how to do that, so that I can
> try the patch here?).
>
> After all, I'm changing my mind: if modifying the touch command fixes
> the installation, then maybe the Y2K38 problem is indeed the cause of
> the side effects it generates (e.g. on mplayer).
>
> Alfredo
>
>>
Sure. You'll want to edit
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/fribidi.info (assuming a
default Fink setup) and change the line
touch -t 197001010000 lib/fribidi-bidi.h
to
touch -t 201212020000 lib/fribidi-bidi.h
and use "fink rebuild fribidi"
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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