how to deal with coccinelle version requirements

how to deal with coccinelle version requirements

[Arend van Spriel]

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

Re: how to deal with coccinelle version requirements

[Hauke Mehrtens]

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

Re: how to deal with coccinelle version requirements

[Arend van Spriel]

On 06/04/15 11:24, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> 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

Thanks, Hauke

I did not like going down the path of picking up individual packages, 
but alas. For now it is working.

Regards,
Arend