[mythtv-users] Can't build fixes/30 from source on Gentoo

[Tom Dexter]

On 7/11/19, Stuart Auchterlonie <stuarta at squashedfrog.net> wrote:
> On 11/07/2019 14:26, Tom Dexter wrote:
>> On 6/27/19, mythtv <mythtv at mdabbs.org> wrote:
>>> I'm guessing someone must have built fixes/30 on Gentoo by now. I get
>>> the following error:
>>>
>>> libavdevice/alsa.c: In function ‘ff_alsa_close’:
>>> libavdevice/alsa.c:306:9: error: ‘CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV’ undeclared (first
>>> use in this function); did you mean ‘CONFIG_VALGRIND’?
>>>       if (CONFIG_ALSA_INDEV)
>>>           ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>           CONFIG_VALGRIND
>>>
>>>
>>> If I remove alsa-lib from my machine to get ffmpeg to ignore it, then I
>>> get a different error:
>>>
>>> libavdevice/avdevice.c: In function ‘avdevice_configuration’:
>>> libavdevice/avdevice.c:72:12: error: ‘FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION’ undeclared
>>> (first use in this function); did you mean ‘FFMPEG_VERSION’?
>>>       return FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION;
>>>              ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>              FFMPEG_VERSION
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm on Gentoo, gcc 8.3.0. It fails pretty much immediately when trying
>>> to build.
>>
>> I just noticed this today. I can't imagine what's going on there to be
>> honest. Assuming you're not looking to install any of the plugins,
>> I've attached an ebuild here that should work:
>>
>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/688084
>>
>> It's the one that says "with additional requirements". Note however
>> that it needs the patch to the configure script that's attached there
>> as well. The only other catch is that it seems that when using
>> gcc-8.3.0 you need the "dvb" USE flag or the compile fails very late
>> in the compile:
>>
>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/683280
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Tom
>
> I will also add that Gentoo's libhdhomerun libs appear woefully out of
> date.
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
Yes! Thanks for bringing that up. I forgot to mention that one.
There's actually a version bump request here:

https://bugs.gentoo.org/676140

I'm actually using the libhdhomerun-20180817.ebuild attached there in
my own local overlay, but I see there's an ever newer one there now.
Thanks!

Tom