[ITA] glibmm2.4

[Brian Inglis]

On 2025-05-26 08:07, Philippe Baril Lecavalier via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> glibmm2.4 2.54.1 (2017) -> 2.66.8 (2025)
> 
> This is the latest in what appears to be the same series. Their ABI versioning 
> and compatibility in NEWS is really hard to follow (we missed a few episodes 
> over the years). I'm just following what is done on Gentoo:
> 
> 2.66.8 -> gtkmm2/3
> 2.78.1 -> gtkmm4
> 
> Both rely on the same version of glib2. They can be installed in parallel. We 
> don't have gtk4, and unlike someone says "I need this now", I think we can skip 
> 2.78.1 (ABI 2.68) and save it for later.
> 
> I used 2.66.8 to build pangomm1.4, atkmm1.6, cairomm1.0, gtkmm2, gtkmm3. None 
> expressed any complaints about it.
> 
> Features the doxygen bug where it hangs unless we toggle DOT_NUM_THREADS = 1.
> 
> Testsuite:
> All tests passed, except one which tries to open /etc/passwd. It doesn't exist 
> here, so we drop that specific test. This is not as comprehensive as glib2's 
> testsuite (some 34 tests vs 200+).

Could create using:

	$ getent passwd > /etc/passwd

but you might have to also tweak entries in:

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
...
# passwd:   files db
...
# db_enum:  cache builtin

> scallywag:
> There's been small updates to dependencies since I got this working (#9803), I 
> asked scallywag to rebuild, and it got stuck at "requested" (#9896). I am unable 
> to issue cancel ("job cancellation not implemented for backend").

I use a script which works and runs:

	ssh cygwin@cygwin.com jobs cancel "$@"

although I probably have not tested against playground repo or branch for 
packages where I am not maintainer.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
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