From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.62]:37724 "EHLO mail-gw1-out.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750860AbbFDJqg (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2015 05:46:36 -0400 Message-ID: <55701E7A.1010609@broadcom.com> (sfid-20150604_114640_245104_F1ADDAB7) Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 11:46:34 +0200 From: Arend van Spriel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hauke Mehrtens CC: "backports@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: how to deal with coccinelle version requirements References: <55701831.20700@broadcom.com> <55701954.101@hauke-m.de> In-Reply-To: <55701954.101@hauke-m.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Sender: backports-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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