Bug 2311301 - libwebsockets runtime plugins incorrectly packaged in libwebsockets-devel package
Summary: libwebsockets runtime plugins incorrectly packaged in libwebsockets-devel pac...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: libwebsockets
Version: epel9
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Fabian Affolter
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-09-10 20:18 UTC by larrygriblets
Modified: 2025-07-30 00:34 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: libwebsockets-4.3.5-2.el10_1 libwebsockets-4.3.5-2.el9
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Last Closed: 2025-07-30 00:24:05 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description larrygriblets 2024-09-10 20:18:24 UTC
Problem Description:  

Versions of libwebsockets  4.1 and above now support compiling with the event library support isolated into separate plugins.  

It appears that the libwebsockets in EPEL 9 was compiled with this plugin option enabled however the resulting plugins were unfortunately packaged in libwebsockets-devel package instead of something like libwebsockets-plugins.  Those event library plugins are runtime plugins.  Users should not be required to install a "devel" package that includes development files like headers and developer documentation etc just to get the runtime plugins on their production server.

The solution could be to package the plugins in the same RPM package as libwebsockets or in a plugin subpackage.  Refer to the following libwebsockets project link for more information regarding building and packaging the event libraries: https://libwebsockets.org/lws-api-doc-main/html/md_READMEs_README_event_libs.html

The affected files that are currently in the libwebsockets-devel package and should be moved to a runtime libwebsockets subpackage are  :  

/usr/lib64/libwebsockets-evlib_ev.so
/usr/lib64/libwebsockets-evlib_uv.so

Note also that the above libwebsockets project link actually lists four plugin files not just the above two :  

libwebsockets-evlib_glib.so
libwebsockets-evlib_event.so
libwebsockets-evlib_uv.so
libwebsockets-evlib_ev.so

Comment 1 Fabian Affolter 2024-09-18 22:21:34 UTC
This was fixed in libwebsockets-4.3.2-2. But this was never made available for EPEL9.

Comment 2 larrygriblets 2024-10-08 18:37:58 UTC
When could this fix be included in EPEL9 ?

Comment 3 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2025-07-08 01:09:01 UTC
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 4 Fedora Admin user for bugzilla script actions 2025-07-10 00:57:42 UTC
This package has changed maintainer in Fedora. Reassigning to the new maintainer of this component.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-07-21 12:37:33 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d3799a43fd (libwebsockets-4.3.5-2.el9) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 9.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d3799a43fd

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-07-22 01:35:22 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-71b21783b6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.1 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-71b21783b6

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-07-22 01:38:17 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d3799a43fd has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d3799a43fd

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-07-30 00:24:05 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-71b21783b6 (libwebsockets-4.3.5-2.el10_1) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.1 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-07-30 00:34:51 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d3799a43fd (libwebsockets-4.3.5-2.el9) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 9 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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