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FS#38730 - [sfml] downloading a wrong source

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Wil Alvarez (satanas) - Thursday, 30 January 2014, 15:55 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 01:44 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: Currently sfml package in community is using https://github.com/LaurentGomila/SFML.git#commit=4a300547f3 as source for the code, however that source will compile an unusable SFML version. The right source URL should be the one specified in the download section of SFML for 2.1: http://www.sfml-dev.org/download/sfml/2.1/SFML-2.1-sources.zip.

Using that URL everything works like a charm.

Additional info:
* package version: 2.1.0.4a300547f3


Steps to reproduce:
1. Install SFML via pacman
2. Try to compile a game developed for SFML 2.1
3. Profit!
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Closed by  Daniel Micay (thestinger)
Sunday, 02 February 2014, 01:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Sven-Hendrik Haase (Svenstaro) - Friday, 31 January 2014, 13:55 GMT
Did your steps, can't reproduce. I'm compiling my game: https://github.com/opatut/arachnonoia

If you had even attempted your suggested steps, you would have seen that it doesn't even compile due to an outdated version of glext. And even if it did compile, the version you suggest is buggy in that it produces wrong input.

How is the currently provided version unusable? You didn't provide any information on that at all. I'd rather say this bug report is unusable.
Comment by Wil Alvarez (satanas) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 00:10 GMT
Well, it's simple: I installed SFML form pacman and tried to compile my game and it didn't work. That's what I meant with unusable, don't take it personal. Sadly I didn't save the output but the issue was related to references to headers from 1.6 version. How did I solve my problem? I just repeat all steps of your PKGBUILD but using the source I commented and everything worked as expected.

Is your game developed using SFML 2.1 or 1.6? And how can you say that the official version is buggy and produces wrong input? As packager you should trust in your upstream and if official version is "buggy" then get this package out of official repos, make an AUR package or something else but don't call it official.

BTW, I compiled SFML2.1 in Mac OS X, Arch and Ubuntu using http://www.sfml-dev.org/download/sfml/2.1/SFML-2.1-sources.zip and everything works. Maybe you should try in a vanilla system before saying it doesn't work.
Comment by Daniel Micay (thestinger) - Sunday, 02 February 2014, 01:43 GMT
I don't understand the need to be rude. If upstream did regular point releases then the package would be following those, but as it is there hasn't been a release for 7 months and there are several bugs fixed in master.

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