Xbmc-git makepkg errors (libcec)

Question

Fairly new Arch user here, but been compiling on other distros for a while. I am attempting to install xbmc-git from the AUR. But every time I makepkg, I get this error way down the line:
checking for UDEV... yes
configure: == libusb disabled. ==
will not check for RPi support (unsupported cpu: x86_64)
checking for CEC... no
configure: error: == libcec disabled. CEC adapter support will not be available. ==
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build xbmc-git
And it kills the process, making it impossible for me to install xbmc-git.
I have tried other methods of getting this done: manually from AUR, using yaourt, using makepkg --asroot, and nothing seems to work.
I know for a fact that libcec is installed as it's a dependency. But why does this process not recognize it? How do I get xbmc-git installed?
Last edited by ViperDVMan (2012-12-29 05:40:19)

Answer 1

graysky wrote:That's because the maintainer needs to switch the dep out to 'libcec-git' not 'libcec' ... try xbmc-beta or modify the PKGBUILD yourself.
when trying to build libcec-git (dependency to xbmc-beta)
if fails to compile:
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.7.2/../../../../lib/liblockdev.a(lockdev.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.7.2/../../../../lib/liblockdev.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [libcec.la] Fel 1
Not sure if the problem is with "lockdev" or libcec-git though.
EDIT:
Had to recompile "lockdev" with -fPIC to get libcec-git to compile. No clue what it changes though (making the static shared..!?):
--- PKGBUILD.txt 2012-12-29 15:21:42.685683028 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD.mine 2012-12-29 15:20:23.108526815 +0100
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ build() {
sed -i "s|CFLAGS = -g|CFLAGS = -g -fPIC|" Makefile
make shared CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_PATH_LOCK=\\\"/run/lock/lockdev\\\""
- make static CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -D_PATH_LOCK=\\\"/run/lock/lockdev\\\""
+ make static CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fPIC -D_PATH_LOCK=\\\"/run/lock/lockdev\\\""
package() {
Last edited by perosb (2012-12-29 14:30:21)