Re: pkg/47698: sysutils/py-notify fails on build

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47698; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: NetBSD bugtracking <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/47698: sysutils/py-notify fails on build
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:07:24 +0100

 On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 02:55:01PM +0000, rodent%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 >      Fails during build due to not having GtkWidget declared. Including
 > <gtk/gtkwidget.h> still fails due to passing too many arguments to
 > notify_notification_new.
 
 I don't see this failing in joerg's or jperkin's bulk builds.
 Where exactly doesn't it build?
 
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 >      cd pkgsrc/sysutils/py-notify; bmake
 > >Fix:
 >      We could fix this outdated, unsupported, and unmaintained version of
 > py-notify, or update it to the latest stable:
 > 
 > http://pastebin.ca/2343470
 
 Some comments:
 Don't comment out USE_LIBTOOL, just remove it.
 Is pkg-config really not used any longer? How does it now find libnotify?
 Why do you bump API depends? (ABI is sufficient in nearly all cases)
 
 Thanks,
  Thomas