From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from hauke-m.de ([5.39.93.123]:35863 "EHLO hauke-m.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752331AbbFDJYl (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2015 05:24:41 -0400 Message-ID: <55701954.101@hauke-m.de> (sfid-20150604_112444_559605_5E212435) Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 11:24:36 +0200 From: Hauke Mehrtens MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arend van Spriel , "backports@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: how to deal with coccinelle version requirements References: <55701831.20700@broadcom.com> In-Reply-To: <55701831.20700@broadcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/04/2015 11:19 AM, Arend van Spriel wrote: > I am running a build server on Ubuntu 14.04 and recently had to upgrade > coccinelle for backports builds. So I got my hands on a debian package > (from launchpad if I recall correctly) and installing it manually gives > me following warning: > > $ sudo dpkg -i coccinelle_1.0.0~rc24.deb-1_amd64.deb > Selecting previously unselected package coccinelle. > (Reading database ... 309776 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack coccinelle_1.0.0~rc24.deb-1_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking coccinelle (1.0.0~rc24.deb-1) ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of coccinelle: > coccinelle depends on libpcre3 (>= 1:8.35); however: > Version of libpcre3:amd64 on system is 1:8.31-2ubuntu2. > > dpkg: error processing package coccinelle (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > coccinelle > > Now spatch is installed and works just fine, but I am getting all kinds > of errors when trying to install other packages which kinda sucks. So I > tried unstalling coccinelle and just build it from github repo, but that > fails for me as well (giving 'Unbound module Pcre'). > > So can anyone recommend a way to deal with the coccinelle version > requirements when running on Ubuntu LTS version. > > Regards, > Arend I also took the package from debian on my Ubuntu system, but I also installed a more recent version of libpcre3, because coccinelle requires it and is complaining about this in your error message. I used this package: http://packages.ubuntu.com/utopic/libpcre3 Hauke