Transmission fails to build on v17.01.0 - x86_64

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1

x86_64, lede-17.01 branch, transmission-daemon-openssl fails to build. If I deactivate it, build will finish without error.

2

Same issue here.
I gave up, compiled without transmission and installed it later on from the repository.

3

You might check these bug tickets:

https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=420
https://github.com/openwrt/packages/issues/3959

I proposed there a fix: disable use of translation tools in Transmission:

... with this patch the compilation goes smoothly. I am not using transmission, so I have no idea if the package actually works after this change. But could you dissent1 test if it actually works. If it does, we might do a PR for Obsy.

The patch simply eliminates the two references to po/ in configure.ac and Makefile.am

$ cat net/transmission/patches/060-disable-po-directory.patch
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -660,8 +660,7 @@
                  web/style/transmission/images/Makefile
                  web/style/transmission/images/buttons/Makefile
                  web/javascript/Makefile
-                 web/javascript/jquery/Makefile
-                 po/Makefile.in])
+                 web/javascript/jquery/Makefile])
 
 AC_OUTPUT
 
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
   gtk/CMakeLists.txt \
   libtransmission/CMakeLists.txt \
   libtransmission/version.h.in \
-  po/CMakeLists.txt \
   qt/CMakeLists.txt \
   utils/CMakeLists.txt
 
(last line is empty looking, with just one space ' ' on the line)

Downloadable patch: https://gist.github.com/hnyman/f0fd1a0dffc43e3d20ff4a260d3a7b81