• martinm (17/17) Apr 11 2021 I'm trying to use wayland-d which depends on derelict-util-2.0.6.
• martinm (7/25) Apr 11 2021 Solution:
• Mike Parker (25/42) Apr 11 2021 That's not how to go about this. You should never need to
• martinm (19/67) Apr 15 2021 I think so, too but when it's not working what can I do.

martinm <martinmannes23312 gmail.com> writes:

I'm trying to use wayland-d which depends on derelict-util-2.0.6.
DUB can't download the zip and fails.
I download the zip to ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util folder, unzip 
and build.
DUB builds **DerelictUtil.a ~master**.

Trying to rebuild wayland-d, DUB can't find 
**derelict-util-2.0.6** dependency.
*dub list | grep -i derelict* shows:
*derelict-util ~master 
~/.dub/packages/derelict-util-2.0.6/derelict-util/*
is there.

How can DUB build 2.0.6 version ?
*dub build library 2.0.6* fails
*(1) : Error: Got JSON of type null_, expected object.*

How can I change registry and manually change **~master** to 
**2.0.6** ?

Why is DUB stupid program ?

martinm <martinmannes23312 gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 11 April 2021 at 13:43:47 UTC, martinm wrote:
 I'm trying to use wayland-d which depends on 
 derelict-util-2.0.6.
 DUB can't download the zip and fails.
 I download the zip to ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util folder, 
 unzip and build.
 DUB builds **DerelictUtil.a ~master**.

 Trying to rebuild wayland-d, DUB can't find 
 **derelict-util-2.0.6** dependency.
 *dub list | grep -i derelict* shows:
 *derelict-util ~master 
 ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util-2.0.6/derelict-util/*
 is there.

 How can DUB build 2.0.6 version ?
 *dub build library 2.0.6* fails
 *(1) : Error: Got JSON of type null_, expected object.*

 How can I change registry and manually change **~master** to 
 **2.0.6** ?

 Why is DUB stupid program ?

Solution:

I open dub.json in ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util and add line:
*"version": "2.0.6"*

now DUB list shows
derelict-util 2.0.6 ...

and building wayland-d is ok.

Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 11 April 2021 at 13:43:47 UTC, martinm wrote:
 I'm trying to use wayland-d which depends on 
 derelict-util-2.0.6.
 DUB can't download the zip and fails.
 I download the zip to ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util folder, 
 unzip and build.
 DUB builds **DerelictUtil.a ~master**.

That's not how to go about this. You should never need to 
manually install a library for dub to use it.

Assuming you mean this library:

https://github.com/rtbo/wayland-d

It's the DerelictUtil dependency is configured as ~>2.0.3. This 
syntax means >= 2.0.3 and < 2.1.0. So when you build the wayland 
package for the first time, dub should pick up the latest version 
in the 2.0.x series without any special help from you.

 Trying to rebuild wayland-d, DUB can't find 
 **derelict-util-2.0.6** dependency.
 *dub list | grep -i derelict* shows:
 *derelict-util ~master 
 ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util-2.0.6/derelict-util/*
 is there.


Dub is picking up `~master` in this case because you **manually** 
copied DerelictUtil into the .dub directory from the zip file. 
Dub has absolutely no way to know what version of the library 
that is un less you tell  it (see below).

 How can DUB build 2.0.6 version ?
 *dub build library 2.0.6* fails
 *(1) : Error: Got JSON of type null_, expected object.*

Have you modified DerelictUtil's dub.json in any way? I just ran 
`dub build` on the 2.0 branch of DerelictUtil and built 2.0.6 
without error.

 How can I change registry and manually change **~master** to 
 **2.0.6** ?

IMO, the best thing to do is to delete the DerelictUtil folder 
you unzipped and let dub pull down DerelictUtil automatically, 
then it will know it has 2.0.6.

However, whenever you want to manually install a package, you 
don't have to put the source files in the .dub directory. You can 
put them anywhere on your system, then use the dub command line 
to add that folder to your local registry and specify the 
version. Something like: `dub add-local . --version=2.0.6`.

You could also just run `dub fetch derelict-util --version=2.0.6`.

martinm <martinmannes23312 gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 11 April 2021 at 15:01:04 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
 On Sunday, 11 April 2021 at 13:43:47 UTC, martinm wrote:
 I'm trying to use wayland-d which depends on 
 derelict-util-2.0.6.
 DUB can't download the zip and fails.
 I download the zip to ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util folder, 
 unzip and build.
 DUB builds **DerelictUtil.a ~master**.

 That's not how to go about this. You should never need to 
 manually install a library for dub to use it.

I think so, too but when it's not working what can I do.
I wrote 2. sentence DUB fails can't download, timeout and fails.

 Assuming you mean this library:

 https://github.com/rtbo/wayland-d

Yes that one.

 It's the DerelictUtil dependency is configured as ~>2.0.3. This 
 syntax means >= 2.0.3 and < 2.1.0. So when you build the 
 wayland package for the first time, dub should pick up the 
 latest version in the 2.0.x series without any special help 
 from you.

Like said before. DUB download does not work.

 Trying to rebuild wayland-d, DUB can't find 
 **derelict-util-2.0.6** dependency.
 *dub list | grep -i derelict* shows:
 *derelict-util ~master 
 ~/.dub/packages/derelict-util-2.0.6/derelict-util/*
 is there.


 Dub is picking up `~master` in this case because you 
 **manually** copied DerelictUtil into the .dub directory from 
 the zip file. Dub has absolutely no way to know what version of 
 the library that is un less you tell  it (see below).

Yes, I download DerelictUtil v. 2.0.6 release from github, unzip 
in .dub/packages and build myself.

 How can DUB build 2.0.6 version ?
 *dub build library 2.0.6* fails
 *(1) : Error: Got JSON of type null_, expected object.*

 Have you modified DerelictUtil's dub.json in any way? I just 
 ran `dub build` on the 2.0 branch of DerelictUtil and built 
 2.0.6 without error.

Yes, I added "version": "2.0.6" to dub.json and 2.0.6 is now 
correctly in registry.

 How can I change registry and manually change **~master** to 
 **2.0.6** ?

 IMO, the best thing to do is to delete the DerelictUtil folder 
 you unzipped and let dub pull down DerelictUtil automatically, 
 then it will know it has 2.0.6.

DUB still fails to download file itself. Maybe DUB should try 
GITHUB like I did.

 However, whenever you want to manually install a package, you 
 don't have to put the source files in the .dub directory. You 
 can put them anywhere on your system, then use the dub command 
 line to add that folder to your local registry and specify the 
 version. Something like: `dub add-local . --version=2.0.6`.
 You could also just run `dub fetch derelict-util 
 --version=2.0.6`.

This is good advice. Thank you.

I know my way is bad but it works for me and I prefer Makefile 
than DUB. Makefile can be complex but if problem I search in 
internet and 5 or 10 minutes later problem is solved. DUB is good 
when works but when not I see ??? I search in internet and find 
nothing and need come to forum and after 1h, problem can be fixed 
or not.

But thank you for explanation.