sobby 0.3.0-2 won't start on dapper

[Jeffrey Elkner]

sobby 0.3.0-2 fails on startup on dapper with the following message:

$ sobby
Generating RSA key pair...
Opening session...
*** WARNING *** The programme 'sobby' uses the HOWL compatiblity layer of Avahi.*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
*** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=howl&e=sobby>
sw_discovery_init() failed.

I have found this error on sparc, powerpc, and i386 platforms. On powerpc, I was able to remove 0.3.0-2 and install 0.3.0-1, which works fine.

[Philipp Kern (pkern)]

Install avahi-daemon as a workaround.

[Jeffrey Elkner (jelkner)]

Thanks, Phillipp. Shouldn't avahi-daemon be a dependency for the sobby package?

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:49:05 -0000, Philipp Kern <email address hidden> wrote:
>Install avahi-daemon as a workaround.
>
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>sobby 0.3.0-2 won't start on dapper
>https://launchpad.net/bugs/72860

[Philipp Kern (pkern)]

This is fixed in the 0.4.x packages, which are not in dapper.

[Jeffrey Elkner (jelkner)]

Is adding the 0.4.x packages to dapper-backports an option? It seems that the 0.4.x versions are incompatible with the 0.3.x ones (at least I couldn't connect a 0.3.x gobby to a 0.4.x sobby). Since dapper is an LTS version, it will be around for awhile, especially on the server side. It would be nice if newer versions of gobby/sobby could be backported to it.

jeff elkner

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:31:48 -0000, Philipp Kern <email address hidden> wrote:
>This is fixed in the 0.4.x packages, which are not in dapper.
>
>--
>sobby 0.3.0-2 won't start on dapper
>https://launchpad.net/bugs/72860

[Philipp Kern (pkern)]

Sobby is in universe (in dapper as well as in gutsy), on this ground the LTS promise does not hold. I don't plan to provide any backports of the 0.4.x series for dapper, sorry.