From a800f88491af267732e2a579e134f86cfd5ba8c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arminius-smh <armin@sprejz.de>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:40:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] libmkv: drop

library is abandoned upstream
---
 pkgs/by-name/li/libmkv/package.nix | 40 ------------------------------
 pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix         |  1 +
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 40 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 pkgs/by-name/li/libmkv/package.nix

diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmkv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libmkv/package.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cb196ab2995..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libmkv/package.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  libtool,
-  autoconf,
-  automake,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "libmkv";
-  version = "0.6.5.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "saintdev";
-    repo = "libmkv";
-    tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    sha256 = "0pr9q7yprndl8d15ir7i7cznvmf1yqpvnsyivv763n6wryssq6dl";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    libtool
-    autoconf
-    automake
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = "sh bootstrap.sh";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Abandoned library. Alternative lightweight Matroska muxer written for HandBrake";
-    longDescription = ''
-      Library was meant to be an alternative to the official libmatroska library.
-      It is written in plain C, and intended to be very portable.
-    '';
-    homepage = "https://github.com/saintdev/libmkv";
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.wmertens ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 0433203325ff..d40f06975d93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ mapAliases {
   libLAS = liblas; # Added 2026-02-08
   liblinphone = throw "'liblinphone' has been moved to 'linphonePackages.liblinphone'"; # Added 2025-09-20
   libmesode = throw "'libmesode' has been removed because it was deprecated and archived upstream. Consider using 'libstrophe' instead"; # Added 2026-01-15
+  libmkv = throw "'libmkv' has been removed as it is abandoned upstream"; # Added 2026-01-18
   libmp3splt = throw "'libmp3splt' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream."; # Added 2025-05-17
   libmusicbrainz3 = throw "libmusicbrainz3 has been removed as it was obsolete and unused"; # Added 2025-09-16
   libmusicbrainz5 = libmusicbrainz; # Added 2025-09-16