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ragnarok

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From: Naples - Italy

Registered: 2005-08-16

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aMule broken

Hi all,

after updating binutils to the testing version, amule is refusing to start, complaining about a file he cannot find (libbfd-2.15.so). I tried  to recompile it from abs to have amule to dynlink to right libs (libbfd-2.15.so has been replaced by libbfd-2.16-so), but when compiling it complains about a pango function he cannot find. The error is

/usr/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.6.so: undefined reference to `pango_x_get_context'

So i thought that it's an issue due to the old wxgtk compiled for gtk-2.6 (btw: i've upgraded gtk+ to the testing too), so i tried to recompile it. Compilation gone well but the problem is still there. So i tried the rough way: i've created a symlink to libbfd-2.16.so named libbfd-2.15.so. Now amule starts, but i think this will give some problem. Any better idea?

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JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: aMule broken

wx needs a patch to compile against pango 1.10 and gtk 2.8. They seem to be using some very deprecated features from a very old pango release.

For the libbfd thing: after operation libtool-slay has finished, amule should no longer link against versioned binutils libraries (maybe it shouldn't even link at all to it )

ragnarok

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From: Naples - Italy

Registered: 2005-08-16

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Re: aMule broken

I searched that patch on the wxwindows site, but i didn't find it... May you link me to it?

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JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: aMule broken

Patch is in our CVS, the package is on the FTP. Don't know if the testing db is generated already though.

nbcjr

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From: BRAZIL!

Registered: 2004-12-04

Posts: 79

Re: aMule broken

i have the same problem, and couldn't understand the solution.

anyone has any suggestion of a emule-like app that has a package??/
thanks a lot

nachete

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From: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Registered: 2006-06-26

Posts: 12

Re: aMule broken

I think it's happening again. I get this error when I try to run amule:

[ignatz@goldstein ~]$ amule
amule: error while loading shared libraries: libbfd-2.16.1.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

How can I fix it?

snader

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Registered: 2006-03-28

Posts: 51

Re: aMule broken

I hackishly fixed it thus:

# ln -s /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.so /usr/lib/libbfd-2.16.1.so

nachete

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From: Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Registered: 2006-06-26

Posts: 12

Re: aMule broken

I hackishly fixed it thus:

# ln -s /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.so /usr/lib/libbfd-2.16.1.so

Thanks a lot

JGC

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Registered: 2003-12-03

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Re: aMule broken

Get amule from testing.

snader

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Registered: 2006-03-28

Posts: 51

Re: aMule broken

Oh, yes, I have that, too.

fede

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Registered: 2007-06-29

Posts: 126

Re: aMule broken

This broke again for me today, I solved it using a variation of previous 'hack':

ln -s libbfd-2.17.50.0.17.so libbfd-2.17.so

AlmaMater

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Registered: 2007-02-28

Posts: 92

Re: aMule broken

happened today to me aswell, i also had mo make a link

ln -s /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.50.0.18.so /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.so

Gilneas

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 320

Re: aMule broken

It happened to me too. I thought I'd link it to a place I look more often and wouldn't need root, so I put the link in my ~/lib.
And a line in bashrc: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
makes it work.
I prefer to keep everything not installed by arch/pacman in my home dir.
And these things happen a lot when you download binary software, so your own ~/lib is very convenient.

aRcHaTe

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Registered: 2006-10-24

Posts: 646

Re: aMule broken

whhy not use the cvs version? works for me

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Alexdsan

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Registered: 2007-07-10

Posts: 28

Re: aMule broken

ln -s /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.50.0.18.so /usr/lib/libbfd-2.17.so

Thanks... Now come back it function.

PavelZh

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From: Russia

Registered: 2006-08-04

Posts: 31

Re: aMule broken

rebuilding from ABS is working for me

Bogart

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From: Madrid, Spain

Registered: 2005-06-22

Posts: 272

Re: aMule broken

Ok, it's easy to solve with a symlink (or rebuilding, but that's less convenient), but what is the right solution? I mean, each time binutils gets upgraded we should manually create a new symlink and remove the old one?

A cvs entry in ABS for binutils PKGBUILD says:

"remove symlinks to dynamic libraries, programs should use the static libs"

So this means any program that uses a binutils library should be rebuilt each time binutils is upgraded? If so, then the maintainer of aMule should be contacted (or a bug report filed), right?

Thanks.

Cotton

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From: Cornwall, UK

Registered: 2004-09-17

Posts: 568

Re: aMule broken

Presumably you checked the bug list?