rtorrent/libtorrent inconsistency

[backstep]

Hello there,

I've been having this issue for ages, but haven't found it reported here, it's present on both CentOs 5 x86_64 and CentOs 6 x86_64.

After installing rtorrent via yum (after adding repoforge repo of course) it install the following packages:

libtorrent-0.13.2-1.el6.rf.x86_64
rtorrent-0.8.9-2.el6.rf.x86_64

once I try to start rtorrent I get:

[root@host ~]# rtorrent
rtorrent: symbol lookup error: rtorrent: undefined symbol: _ZN7torrent10ThreadBase8m_globalE
[root@host ~]# 

Downgrading libtorrent (yum downgrade libtorrent) fixes the issue, I'm ending up with this combination of the packages:

rtorrent-0.8.9-2.el6.rf.x86_64
libtorrent-0.12.9-2.el6.rf.x86_64

I believe this is an inconsistency between rtorrent vs. libtorrent in repoforge repositories.

Cheers!
Lukas

[dfateyev]

It has been reported before, see #206. In short, 'rtorrent' and 'libtorrent' packages in repo need to be rebuilt, but I don't know when it happens.

[backstep]

Ah, well I was only searching through open issues I guess, #206 is closed even though the issue is still present, hopefully this can bring it to life.

[JackWells]

The only workaround I found (other than building from source) is another repo, which also has the added benefit of a much newer version. http://www.fateyev.com/RPMS/RHEL6/base/x86_64/

1. yum erase rtorrent libtorrent
2. wget http://www.fateyev.com/RPMS/RHEL6/base/x86_64/denf-repo-release-6-1.el6.denf.noarch.rpm
3. yum localinstall denf-repo-release-6-1.el6.denf.noarch.rpm
4. yum --disablerepo '*' --enablerepo denf install rtorrent

Enjoy.