[Nut-upsuser] LibUSB-1.0+0.1 testing wanted, NUT 2.7.5 pending

Wed Dec 29 08:38:07 GMT 2021

Thank you for the details, I hope they would help others following in your
footsteps on the platform :)

Jim

On Wed, Dec 29, 2021, 06:04 Yogesh Bhanu <yogesh.bhanu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> FWIW, the new version works with libusb and libusb-compat.
>
> On Arch linux, I can install both libusb packages in parallel.
>
> --snip--
> [alarm at 3pi network-ups-tools-git]$ pacman -Ss libusb
> core/libusb 1.0.24-2 [installed]
>     Library that provides generic access to USB devices
> extra/libgusb 0.3.8-1
>     GObject wrapper for libusb1
> extra/libusb-compat 0.1.7-1 [installed]
>     Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with
> USB devices
> --snip--
>
> + I  modified the PKGBUILD to reflect the changes.
>
> --snip--
> [alarm at 3pi network-ups-tools-git]$ git diff PKGBUILD
> diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
> index 148fb37..2726e0a 100644
> --- a/PKGBUILD
> +++ b/PKGBUILD
> @@ -5,19 +5,19 @@
>  # Contributor: Dan Ziemba <zman0900 at gmail.com>
>
>  pkgname=network-ups-tools-git
> -pkgver=v2.7.4.r371.g30e04684
> +pkgver=v2.7.4.r3891.gea87c8c7
>  pkgrel=1
>  pkgdesc="NUT is a collection of programs for monitoring and administering
> UPS hardware"
>  arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'armv6h' 'armv7h')
>  url="http://www.networkupstools.org/"
>  license=('GPL2')
> -depends=('openssl-1.0' 'libusb-compat' 'libltdl' 'neon' 'net-snmp')
> +depends=('openssl-1.0' 'libusb' 'libltdl' 'neon' 'net-snmp')
>  provides=('network-ups-tools')
>  conflicts=('network-ups-tools')
>  makedepends=('asciidoc' 'git')
>  backup=(etc/ups/{ups.conf,upsd.conf,upsd.users,upsmon.conf,upssched.conf})
>  install=nut.install
> -source=("git+https://github.com/networkupstools/nut.git")
> +source=("git+
> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut.git#branch=fightwarn-libusb-1.0+0.1
> ")
>  options=()
>  md5sums=('SKIP')
> --snip--
>
> Cheers,
>
> Yogi
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:02 PM Jim Klimov <jimklimov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Great news, more so for the test on an RPi which popped up as problematic
>> with USB too many times this year in the github issues tracker. I did have
>> big hopes that libusb-1.0 shipped for the platform handles it better than
>> the nearly abandoned old library.
>>
>> By the way, did you test just the default build (preferring libusb-1.0 I
>> suppose), or did you try to build and test with libusb-compat too? If yes,
>> how did that go? (My understanding is that it's a fork of 1.0 to serve 0.1
>> API with a few caveats, so under the hood should have the benefits of the
>> newer 1.0 architecture; and can't/shouldn't be installed on same system as
>> a real libusb-0.1 - so recipes and code do not need special handling for
>> *three* variants at once).
>>
>> I commented about versioning in another sub-thread, but in short yes -
>> code thinks it is 3k'th iteration over 2.7.4 since it is not marked as
>> 2.7.5 yet in configure.ac.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 11:00 Yogesh Bhanu <yogesh.bhanu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jim,
>>>
>>> I was able to test it on Arch linux on RPI3 against my Tripplite
>>> SMC1000LCD. It Works.
>>> P.S: on Arch Linux there is libusb-compat (0.1) and libusb (1.0) .
>>> Also the git version is still 2.7.4 ~ v2.7.4.r3891.gea87c8c7.
>>>
>>> Good Luck and a Happy new year.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Yogi
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2021 at 10:51 AM Jim Klimov via Nut-upsuser <
>>> nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reminder: I plan to merge
>>>> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/fightwarn-libusb-1.0+0.1
>>>> as "libusb-1.0+0.1" branch and as master after that, early next week.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has tested this codebase against hardware, or needs a few
>>>> more days to do so, please let me know here or in issue #300.
>>>>
>>>> Happy holidays,
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2021, 21:42 Jim Klimov <jimklimov+nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello fellow NUTs :)
>>>>>
>>>>>   It seems the magic of the season might just help us finish some long
>>>>> story arcs and tie up loose ends... oh, wait, that is wording about other
>>>>> "seasons" ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>   In our case, the "fightwarn" effort is reaching a major milestone to
>>>>> finally pass the builds with "medium" level of warnings treated as fatal
>>>>> errors - with zero warnings. This achievement took a bit over a year, and
>>>>> almost 3000 commits to analyze and stomp out different small bugs, and it
>>>>> allows to set that tolerance level as default and insist on non-regressions
>>>>> with future iterations - as well as to work towards clearing the "hard"
>>>>> level eventually. And this became one of the criteria for cutting a new
>>>>> official NUT release (especially as new platforms refused to build release
>>>>> 2.7.4 with their default settings).
>>>>>
>>>>>   This work has originally delayed merging of libusb-1.0 support (from
>>>>> issue https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/300 and several
>>>>> candidate branches to pick from), in particular because with the original
>>>>> codebase sporting thousands of build warnings, it was hard to notice any
>>>>> new "offences" introduced by this large set of changes. I was afraid that
>>>>> merging it would even have to wait until after the next NUT release, but in
>>>>> the end found that some remaining warnings in the original USB-related NUT
>>>>> codebase made those branches' changes the better solution.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Now, before we find the hard way if the cure is worse than the
>>>>> disease, I would like to ask people with USB-connected UPSes (and also
>>>>> those using the MGE SHUT protocol) to build and test
>>>>> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/tree/fightwarn-libusb-1.0+0.1
>>>>> branch with their setups - hopefully hitting as many OSes and CPU types as
>>>>> feasible, as well as trying both libusb-0.1, libusb-1.0 (and not sure about
>>>>> libusb-0.1-compat).
>>>>>
>>>>>   For building from scratch, note we now have a list of prerequisite
>>>>> packages for several platforms at
>>>>> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/blob/master/docs/config-prereqs.txt
>>>>> - and as for other code, PRs there are welcome too.
>>>>> Note also the new `ci_build.sh` script to automate a number of
>>>>> configurations and setups, usually reducing the typing needed to reproduce
>>>>> build attempts :)
>>>>>
>>>>>   I understand that some people would be away for holidays, but also
>>>>> realize that for others these days may be among the few times in the year
>>>>> that can be dedicated to such experiments and other hobbies. It would be
>>>>> much appreciated if you can help bring the official new confident NUT
>>>>> release date closer ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>   The NUT CI farm is busy testing hundreds of build combinations
>>>>> formally in software, but it is no replacement for tests against actual
>>>>> hardware.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Also, great thanks to dozens of individual and corporate
>>>>> contributors adding and fixing NUT drivers and other features (a few are
>>>>> still being tested and may become part of the new release too), and sharing
>>>>> findings and ideas in the issue tracker -- you guys and gals are our real
>>>>> heroes!
>>>>>
>>>>>   Finally, on behalf of the NUT core team, please let me wish you all
>>>>> a happy holiday season and some quality time to rest, walk, ski and be with
>>>>> family and friends!
>>>>>
>>>>> Jim Klimov
>>>>>
>>>>>
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