NetBSD Problem Report #42810

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From: theodric@gmail.com
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Subject: VLC has dependency on libdca-0.0.5 which is not available due to 'RESTRICTED=     Unresolved patent issue'
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>Number:         42810
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       VLC has dependency on libdca-0.0.5 which is not available due to 'RESTRICTED=     Unresolved patent issue'
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    ahoka
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 14 13:55:00 +0000 2010
>Closed-Date:    Sat Oct 15 18:20:34 +0000 2011
>Last-Modified:  Sat Oct 15 18:20:34 +0000 2011
>Originator:     Jeremy Sharp
>Release:        5.0.1_2009Q4
>Organization:
nope
>Environment:
NetBSD sneeuwwitje 5.0.1 NetBSD 5.0.1 (GENERIC) #0: Thu Jul 30 01:39:11 UTC 2009  builds@b8.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE/i386/200907292356Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-1-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Unable to install VLC from pkgsrc because libdca is not available in the repo, evidently due to "unresolved patent issues." tnn on FreeNode #NetBSD suggested I should file a PR to get this looked at. Here's the output of pkgin:

sneeuwwitje$ pkgin install vlc
calculating dependencies for vlc...
1 packages to be upgraded: libltdl-1.5.26
36 packages to be installed: ttmkfdir2-20021109nb3 xvidcore-1.2.2 lame-3.98.2nb1 libf2c-20090201nb3 fftw-3.2.2nb1 speex-1.2rc1nb1 libsndfile-1.0.21 libsamplerate-0.1.7 gdbm-1.8.3nb1 lcms-1.18.0.1nb1 mng-1.0.10nb1 x264-devel-20090326 taglib-1.6.1 qt4-libs-4.5.3nb2 pulseaudio-0.9.14nb6 libtheora-1.1.1nb1 libmpeg2-0.5.1 libmpcdec-1.2.6 libmatroska-0.8.1 libmad-0.15.1bnb1 liblive-20080725 libid3tag-0.15.1bnb2 libebml-0.7.8 libdvdread-4.1.3 libdvdplay-1.0.1nb3 libdvdnav-4.1.3 libdvbpsi-0.1.6 libdca-0.0.5 libcdio-0.82 libcddb-1.3.2 liba52-0.7.4nb3 flac-1.2.1nb1 ffmpeg-20090611nb5 dejavu-ttf-2.30 libltdl-2.2.6b vlc-1.0.4 (23M to download, 147M to install)
proceed ? [y/N] y
downloading packages...
pkgin: could not fetch url: ftp://ftp.nl.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/current-packages/NetBSD/i386/5.0.1_2009Q4/All//libdca-0.0.5.tgz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
sneeuwwitje$ 

>How-To-Repeat:
Try and install VLC
>Fix:
Remove dependency to libdca

>Release-Note:

>Audit-Trail:

Responsible-Changed-From-To: port-hppa-maintainer->pkg-manager
Responsible-Changed-By: asau@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:34:57 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
This isn't port-hppa problem, it is pkgsrc problem. Change category.


From: "Jeremy S. Sharp" <theodric@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-hppa/42810: VLC has dependency on libdca-0.0.5 which is not available due to 'RESTRICTED=     Unresolved patent issue'
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:31:44 +0100

 My mouse must have slipped-- this doesn't belong in the hppa queue.  
 I'm running i386.

 On 14 Feb 2010, at 14:55, gnats-admin@netbsd.org wrote:

 > Thank you very much for your problem report.
 > It has the internal identification `port-hppa/42810'.
 > The individual assigned to look at your
 > report is: port-hppa-maintainer.
 >
 >> Category:       port-hppa
 >> Responsible:    port-hppa-maintainer
 >> Synopsis:       VLC has dependency on libdca-0.0.5 which is not  
 >> available due to 'RESTRICTED=     Unresolved patent issue'
 >> Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb 14 13:55:00 +0000 2010
 >

Responsible-Changed-From-To: pkg-manager->ahoka
Responsible-Changed-By: asau@NetBSD.org
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:35:45 +0000
Responsible-Changed-Why:
Assign to VLC maintainer.


From: "Sergey Svishchev" <shattered@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/42810 CVS commit: pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:50:39 +0000

 Module Name:	pkgsrc
 Committed By:	shattered
 Date:		Mon Sep 12 21:50:39 UTC 2011

 Modified Files:
 	pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc: Makefile PLIST options.mk

 Log Message:
 PR/42810 -- make libdca support optional due to its RESTRICTED nature.


 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.116 -r1.117 pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc/Makefile
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.42 -r1.43 pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc/PLIST
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.21 -r1.22 pkgsrc/multimedia/vlc/options.mk

 Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
 copyright notices on the relevant files.

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: shattered@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:56:00 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Fix committed, please retest.


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
State-Changed-By: shattered@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:20:34 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Feedback timeout.


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