FS#2904 - newt package in extra is actually newt-perl

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tom Killian (tomk) - Saturday, 02 July 2005, 23:57 GMT
Last edited by Tom Killian (tomk) - Sunday, 15 April 2007, 13:17 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To arjan timmerman (blaasvis)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7 Wombat
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The newt package currently available in extra is actually newt-perl, or "Perl bindings for Red Hat newt library", as the enclosed man page puts it.Essentially, it does not include libnewt, required for developing and using newt applications. I have had some difficulty locating the newt source code, as there does not seem to be a dedicated website. In the end, I got it here:

http://devel.santafelinux.com/source/newt-0.51.6/newt-0.51.6.tar.gz

I have created a PKGBUILD and successfully compiled and installed newt, but I am reluctant to add it to the AUR while the perl-bindings package is in extra, using the newt name.
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Closed by  Tom Killian (tomk)
Sunday, 15 April 2007, 13:17 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  newt package replaced by more accurately named perl-newt package.
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Monday, 07 November 2005, 11:27 GMT
well it seems the source has been removed from that location
Comment by Tom Killian (tomk) - Monday, 07 November 2005, 15:55 GMT
Fair enough - how about this for a more reliable location:

ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/newt/newt_0.51.6.orig.tar.gz

(I can't remember why I didn't use this the first time...)

Anyway, the original question is still unresolved.

Would it be a big deal to rename the official package "newt-perl"?
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Monday, 07 November 2005, 16:02 GMT
i am even wondering what applications still depend on it.... and if it should be just moved to the aur as newt-perl.
Cause it has never been updated in 2 years... source unavailable.. etc..
Comment by Tom Killian (tomk) - Monday, 07 November 2005, 21:52 GMT
Yeah, I've no idea what uses newt-perl either. I wasn't aware moving from extra to aur was an option, but it could make sense here.

libnewt, as provided by my PKGBUILD, is required by partimage, which is in the aur.
Comment by Jürgen Hötzel (juergen) - Sunday, 09 April 2006, 15:33 GMT
I just updated the package (because of the slang-2 updtate).

the perl-newt source contains an (outdated: version 0.30) copy of newtlib but does not install it. Most other distributions patched perl-newt to use an up2date version of newtlib installed as a seperate package. I would prefer this solution.
Comment by arjan timmerman (blaasvis) - Sunday, 09 April 2006, 15:48 GMT
well could you provide me with an PKGBUILD and i will do it .
Comment by Tom Killian (tomk) - Sunday, 09 April 2006, 19:11 GMT
I've since put it in the AUR as libnewt, using the debian tarball mentioned above. The current version is 0.52.2.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 15 October 2006, 13:00 GMT
Please rename newt to perl-newt or something like that, which is more correct IMHO.

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