When compiling with libfmt-11.1.0 and newer the following compile errors occur:
In file included from ../src/decoder/DecoderPrint.cxx:23:
../src/client/Response.hxx: In instantiation of 'bool Response::Fmt(const S&, Args&& ...) [with S = decoder_plugin_print(Response&, const DecoderPlugin&)::<lambda()>::FMT_COMPILE_STRING; Args = {const char* const&}]':
../src/decoder/DecoderPrint.cxx:38:7: required from here
38 | r.Fmt(FMT_STRING("plugin: {}\n"), plugin.name);
| ~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/client/Response.hxx:86:28: error: cannot convert 'const decoder_plugin_print(Response&, const DecoderPlugin&)::<lambda()>::FMT_COMPILE_STRING' to 'fmt::v11::string_view' {aka 'fmt::v11::basic_string_view<char>'}
86 | return VFmt(format_str,
| ~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~
87 | fmt::make_format_args(args...));
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
../src/client/Response.hxx:81:36: note: initializing argument 1 of 'bool Response::VFmt(fmt::v11::string_view, fmt::v11::format_args)'
81 | bool VFmt(fmt::string_view format_str, fmt::format_args args) noexcept;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~
../src/client/Response.hxx: In instantiation of 'bool Response::Fmt(const S&, Args&& ...) [with S = decoder_plugin_print(Response&, const DecoderPlugin&)::<lambda()>::FMT_COMPILE_STRING; Args = {const char* const&}]':
The error is due to the use of FMT_STRING. The libfmt team shared the following:
The correct way of using FMT_STRING is to wrap a format string when passing to a
function with compile-time checks (i.e. that takes format_string) as documented
in https://fmt.dev/11.1/api/#legacy-compile-time-checks.
Noting that FMT_STRING is a legacy API and has been superseded by consteval-based
API starting from version 8: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/releases/tag/8.0.0. It
looks like MPD is trying to emulate {fmt}'s old way of implementing compile-time
checks which was never properly documented because it was basically a hack. So the
correct fix is to switch to format_string and, possibly, remove usage of FMT_STRING.
The old way of doing compile-time checks (fmt::make_args_checked) was documented
in https://fmt.dev/7.1/api.html#argument-lists but it looks like MPD is not using
that API so the problematic uses of FMT_STRING have no effect and can just be removed.
The FMT_STRING has been removed in this change based on the fmt-7.1 API and now MPD is
successfully compile against the current libfmt-11.1.0 which highlighted the issue that
had been present in the codebase as it is now triggering the error, is legacy and was
not using the API for which FMT_STRING was aligned with.
The WildMidi project added the pkg-config file in version 0.3.3, but
unfortunately, Debian still doesn't ship it 4 years later:
https://bugs.debian.org/916631
However, for cross-compiling, the pkg-config file is very helpful.
This also reverts the previous commit which was wrong. When the
Vorbis decoder is disabled, we can't compile VorbisComments.cxx at
all.
Instead of expanding the #ifdef, this commit moves VorbisComments.cxx
to a separate library with dependencies on libvorbis (which was
missing previously, which could also lead to build failures if the
libvorbis headers were in a non-standard directory).
Re-add build support for the fixed-point Vorbis (Tremor) decoder, which
was dropped when switching from Autotools to Meson.
Note, that it is not possible to build both, the Vorbis and the Tremor
decoder.
Closes: #405
So long, autotools! This is my last MPD related project to migrate
away from it. It has its strengths, but also very obvious weaknesses
and weirdnesses. Today, many of its quirks are not needed anymore,
and are cumbersome and slow. Now welcome our new Meson overlords!
