On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Ian Wadham <iandw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi KDE guys,
Hi Ian, > > Using kdesrc-build version 1.16-pre2 to build a KDE software base, > I find that the Baloo source code has gone missing in the last few > days. I am trying to build KDE 4.13 (branch-group stable-qt4, which > is described by kdesrc-build as "the latest KDE release + bug fixes"). > > Baloo source used to be in kdelibs. Now it seems to be in kde-workspace. > > Building kde-baseapps calls for baloo-widgets and kfilemetadata to be built > and that is where my build bombs out, in the CMake phase. > > I have been avoiding building kde-workspace up till now, > because I am trying to build on Apple OS X, which has its own > desktop environment and its own indexer for that matter. So > there should be no need to build either kde-workspace or baloo. > > Perhaps I can somehow eliminate the dependency on kfilemetadata > or baloo-widgets? > > I have been trying to do this build for three weeks now and have had > nearly 50 attempts. I thought I finally had victory in my grasp until this > move of Baloo happened. > > The build is important because, if I can build a Debug version of KDE > libraries, > utilities and apps, we will have a test platform on which to investigate the > many KDE software portability problems that exist on Apple OS X, narrow > down the possible causes and try out solutions. > > Also I have a feeling this Baloo move is going to impede our KDE port > developer's efforts to port KDE SC 4.13 to MacPorts on Apple OS X. > > Any ideas on how to build Baloo ... or not build it? While I can't answer the question on whether Baloo can be avoided for OS X, I have corrected the issue. As Baloo and KFileMetadata are dependencies of KDE 4.x series applications, namely Gwenview, PIM and Dolphin, the change to move them both to kde/workspace/ from kde/kdelibs/ has now been reverted. > > Cheers, Ian W. > >>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe << Regards, Ben Cooksley KDE Sysadmin >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<
