On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 10:33 AM Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the advise. > > However, I cannot see any distribution offering perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot. > Have you asked on the PDL list? Distributions often use different names, so searching is not trivial. It helps to have some experience with the various packaging systems. https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/?h=perl-pdl-git last activity was 2015 https://ports.macports.org/port/p5.34-pdl-graphics-plplot/details/ with no maintainer, no current version, and no binary packages for current versions of macOS. > Nevertheless, this package is still active > https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::Graphics::PLplot > > If I cannot compile for the source, how can I make it compatible with my > distribution? > See if anyone has done the work to fix the source. If the package has been abandoned by mainstream platforms you should look for alternatives. cpanm PDL::Graphics::PLplot > > perl -MCPAN -e shell > install PDL::Graphics::PLplot > > > Is this acceptable? > > Thank > > =========================================================================== > Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdu...@gmx.com > Laboratoire interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne > 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47870, 21078 DIJON Cedex FRANCE > Tel: +33 (0)380395988 | | Room# D114A > =========================================================================== > > > *Sent:* Saturday, July 16, 2022 at 1:55 PM > *From:* "George N. White III" <gnw...@gmail.com> > *To:* "Community support for Fedora users" <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> > *Subject:* Re: cpan build perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 4:14 AM Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> >> > On 2022-07-15 14:35, Patrick Dupre wrote: >> > > I am trying to obtain perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot >> > >> > This package was retired a long time ago in Fedora because it failed to >> > build. >> > https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/perl-PDL-Graphics-PLplot >> >> Maybe, but I need to make it works. I have a key application based on this >> package. > > > Usually failure to build from source (FTBFS) affects multiple > distributions as well > as Apple open-source projects (macports, homebrew). A bit of searching > should > tell you if the package is available in other distributions (debian is > usually a good > place to start). The look in the source packages for patches that fix > your issue. > > I've been in a similar bind many times. You need to determine whether > FTBFS > has a simple fix (which you may be able to steal from another distro) or > will need > a major effort, in which case you should consider alternatives to the > failing > application. > >> >> > >> > > callback.c: In function 'labelfunc_callback': >> > > callback.c:243:3: error: format not a string literal and no format >> arguments [-Werror=format-security] >> > > 243 | snprintf( label_text, length, (char *)SvPV_nolen(ST(0)) ); >> > > | ^~~~~~~~ >> > > cc1: some warnings being treated as errors >> > >> > This is bad code. You will need to figure out how to disable that >> > compiler option ("-Werror=format-security"). >> > _______________________________________________ >> > > > > -- > George N. White III > > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- > users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to > users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List > Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List > Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > -- George N. White III
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