[libhid-discuss] Assert Error

[Charles Lepple]

On Dec 23, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Blaine Booher wrote:

> Thanks for the reply!
>   Is there another location to get libhid?

The source for the Debian packages is always available from Debian:

http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/libhid

> Am I unique in this problem?

It turns out the problem was reported, but the workaround was not to  
use SWIG.

>   I can go back to an older version if necessary, I'm just not sure  
> where to look.

the SVN trunk should be up-to-date now.

> Thanks,
> Blaine Booher
> BS Computer Engineering
> Student, MS Computer Science
> University of Cincinnati
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Charles Lepple <clepple at ghz.cc>  
> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Blaine Booher wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>   I am getting the same error when trying to use libhid's python  
>> module as described here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/ 
>> bugreport.cgi?bug=476525
>
> Sorry, this was the first time I heard about the need for a patch.  
> Usually, bugs like this in the Debian BTS are tagged "upstream",  
> and they CC the maintainer. I guess it slipped through the cracks  
> this time.
>
>>   A comment was made that the bug was fixed, and would be  
>> available at Debian's download "soon".  That message was posted  
>> December 13 (last week) but the trunk still shows the last update  
>> as being in October.  I have downloaded the latest SVN release but  
>> am still getting the assert error.
>>
>>   Any suggestions?  Is there another location to pull the latest  
>> source from?
>
> If they say that the bug will be fixed in Debian's archive, then  
> you should be able to find the patch in their archive as well. I  
> don't know how that works for NMUs, though.
>
> Debian's libhid package is based on an SVN snapshot from 2006. You  
> may find other differences between that and the current trunk.
>
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