[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 181476] New: [GTK][JHBuild] Tools/gtk/install-dependencies: Package libxfont does not exist anymore in Arch Linux

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Wed Jan 10 05:09:03 PST 2018


https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181476

            Bug ID: 181476
           Summary: [GTK][JHBuild] Tools/gtk/install-dependencies: Package
                    libxfont does not exist anymore in Arch Linux
           Product: WebKit
           Version: Other
          Hardware: Unspecified
                OS: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Tools / Tests
          Assignee: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
          Reporter: aperez at igalia.com
                CC: lforschler at apple.com

The script tries to install “libxfont”, which does not exist anymore:
nowadays “libxfont2” is used instead and no other package in the Arch
Linux repositories depends on “libxfont”, and therefore it has been
removed.

The old version of “xorg-server” that is built inside the JHBuild _does_
use “libxfont” still, but as this library itself is not build in the
JHBuild, it's not possible to compile the old version of “xorg-server”
in Arch Linux.

IMHO, we should either include a “libxfont” module in the JHBuild (easier,
probably less risky) or update “xorg-server” to a newer release. What is
the preferred way to go about this? In any case, I can prepare the needed
patch :-)

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