gtk+-3.18.8 and account for the gir files from gtk+-2.24.30 : No, I do not have introspection on this system, only people building gnome have any use for it and I am sorely tempted to downgrade it from recommended (required...) to optional (required...).

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@17124 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>March 16th, 2016</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to gtk+-3.18.8. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7511">#7511</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update to gtk+-2.24.30. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;7510">#7510</ulink>.</para>

packages.ent

@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 <!ENTITY glu-version                  "9.0.0">
 <!ENTITY goffice010-version           "0.10.27">
 <!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.24.30">
-<!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.18.7">
+<!ENTITY gtk3-version                 "3.18.8">
 <!ENTITY gtk-engines-version          "2.20.2">
 <!ENTITY gtkmm2-version               "2.24.4">
 <!ENTITY gtkmm3-version               "3.18.0">

x/lib/gtk+2.xml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <!ENTITY gtk2-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk+/2.24/gtk+-&gtk2-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gtk2-md5sum        "04568ba5c58b75e3c7543e45628ad789">
   <!ENTITY gtk2-size          "13 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-buildsize     "353 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-buildsize     "368 MB">
   <!ENTITY gtk2-time          "2.7 SBU (plus 0.2 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 

x/lib/gtk+3.xml

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY gtk3-download-http "&gnome-download-http;/gtk+/&gnome-minor-18;/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY gtk3-download-ftp  "&gnome-download-ftp;/gtk+/&gnome-minor-18;/gtk+-&gtk3-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-md5sum        "8c31990af6b966fe42238be63690921a">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-md5sum        "9671acb41dc13561d19233f1a75cf184">
   <!ENTITY gtk3-size          "17 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-buildsize     "502 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY gtk3-time          "6.6 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-buildsize     "493 MB (plus 5 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk3-time          "4.2 SBU (plus 0.3 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="gtk3" xreflabel="GTK+-&gtk3-version;">
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ make</userinput></screen>
     <para>
       If <filename>flipping-icons.ui</filename> test fails, remove with
       <command>rm -v testsuite/reftests/flipping-icons.ui</command>.
+      <!-- no, this is probably not really a filename, it describes the
+      test as /style/set-widget-path-saved: but life is too short to care,
+      (ken) -->
+      At least one other test <filename>set-widget-path-saved</filename>
+      might fail.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -192,7 +197,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
       <parameter>--disable-wayland-backend</parameter>: switch disables the
-      Wayland GDK backend because Wayland isn't available in BLFS.
+      Wayland GDK backend because Wayland is not used by the gtk packages in
+      BLFS.
     </para>
 
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"