On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:14:14 -0600, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > We have a problem with libusb and usbutils. > > libusb has released 1.0.0 on 2008-12-13. > usbutils is at version 0.73 released on 2007-10-24. > > 1. Just leave out usbutils for now. > 2. Revert to the earlier version of libusb. > 3. Try to hack usbutils to use the new libusb. Looking at the code, this > is > non-trivial and I don't have the time or inclination to do it. > 4. Try to install both the old and new versions simultaneously. > 5. There is a libusb-compat-0.1 compatibility layer. It aims to look, > feel and > behave exactly like libusb-0.1. As it is a replacement, you cannot install > it > alongside libusb-0.1 on the same system. >
FWIW, I went with 5) when I stumbled across this, and haven't had any issues with it. If/when the other packages are updated to work with the latest version of libusb's API, it then becomes a simple job of just removing the compatibility package from the book. (ccing blfs-dev, please post follow-ups there). Regards, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
