Embedded libev library

[yersinia]

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Steve Grubb <sgrubb at redhat.com> wrote:

> On Saturday, February 09, 2013 04:13:52 PM Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> > I've a question about the embedded version of libev. Is there any
> > particular reason you are shipping it?
>
> Yes, it has bug fixes in it. If you have ever dealt with upstream for that
> project, then you know how difficult it can be to report bugs.
>
> https://fedorahosted.org/audit/changeset/679
> https://fedorahosted.org/audit/changeset/698
>
> I know of one more bug that needs fixing in that library.
>
> >Or is it only for convenience?
>
> Nope. This one in particular breaks the build for audit:
> https://fedorahosted.org/audit/changeset/679/trunk/src/libev/ev.h
>
>
> > The Debian archive is containing already containing libev (4.11) and
> > it's usually considered bad practice to embed libraries that are
> > already contained in the archive.
> >
> > Would you accept a patch to allow building audit against the system
> > libev library?
>
> Sure. But I want it to default to using the embedded one so there are no
> regressions out of the box.
>
> Hem, apparently it is something someone doesn't like
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries, no ?

> Thanks,
> -Steve
>
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