Re: Compiling apt for rpm with liblua 5.2 - errors

["fixxer1982@..." <fixxer1982@...>]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 02:59:44 -0400
Sean Conner <sean@conman.org> wrote:

> It was thus said that the Great fixxer1982@gmail.com once stated:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I'm trying to recompile apt for rpm with liblua 5.2. Apt is needed as
> > package manager for rpm which I'm also trying to update. During 'apt'
> > configure process I have several errors. With lua 5.1 version apt package
> > builds without any problems.
> > 
> > Below I provide three links: build log, rpm-tmp file and info about
> > building system:
> > http://pastebin.com/VpXFB7SP
> > http://pastebin.com/q7fkqkwY
> > http://pastebin.com/gdPsCPzW
> > 
> > I kindly ask for any opinion if we can somehow fix the problem. I'm not a
> > programmer so the things going harder ...
> 
>   From the output, it appears that apt is written for Lua 5.1.  Lua 5.2
> makes some incompatible changes and the code (apt in this case) needs to be
> updated to compile properly with Lua 5.2.
> 
>   How important is it to run Lua 5.2?
> 
>   -spc
> 
> 

Hi

Thanks for response. I've just wanted to compile apt and rpm with lua5.2 cause it's available in our distro. Finally I decided to compile them with 5.1 version - works without problem and 5.1 is also available in repository.

Issue is solved.

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