libdevil: drop

Image processing library, unmaintained upstream since 2017; probably
a security liability, not a mandatory dependency of any package in
the tree, and would be broken by CMake 4.

pkgs/development/libraries/libdevil/0001-il_endian.h-Fix-endian-handling.patch

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 85ca659a59ae5be6fc0824b0684967ec94727e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: toonn <toonn@toonn.io>
-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:39:35 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] il_endian.h: Fix endian handling
-
-Based on https://sourceforge.net/p/resil/tickets/8/, which has also been
-incorporated in the MacPort for libdevil 1.7.8,
-https://trac.macports.org/export/154482/trunk/dports/devel/libdevil/files/patch-src-IL-include-il_endian.h.diff,
-but updated for the header included in release 1.8.0 of libdevil.
----
- src-IL/include/il_endian.h | 6 +++++-
- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src-IL/include/il_endian.h b/src-IL/include/il_endian.h
-index c4e6d86..a3cd57f 100644
---- a/src-IL/include/il_endian.h
-+++ b/src-IL/include/il_endian.h
-@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ extern "C" {
- #ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN__
- #define __BIG_ENDIAN__ 1
- #endif
-+#else
-+#ifndef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
-+#define __LITTLE_ENDIAN__ 1
-+#endif
- #endif
- 
--#if (defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __BIG_ENDIAN__) \
-+#if (defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__) \
-   || (defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) && !defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__))
- #undef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
- #define Short(s) iSwapShort(s)
--- 
-2.44.0
-

pkgs/development/libraries/libdevil/default.nix

@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  cmake,
-  libjpeg,
-  libpng,
-  libmng,
-  lcms1,
-  libtiff,
-  openexr,
-  libGL,
-  libX11,
-  pkg-config,
-  runtimeShell,
-  withXorg ? true,
-  testers,
-  libgbm,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "libdevil";
-  version = "1.8.0";
-
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "dev"
-  ];
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/openil/DevIL-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-AHWXPufdifBQeHPiWArHgzZFLSnTSgcTSyCPROL+twk=";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = "DevIL/DevIL";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libjpeg
-    libpng
-    libmng
-    lcms1
-    libtiff
-    openexr
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals withXorg [
-    libX11
-    libGL
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [
-    "--enable-ILU"
-    "--enable-ILUT"
-  ];
-
-  CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang "-Wno-register";
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -i 's,malloc.h,stdlib.h,g' src-ILU/ilur/ilur.c
-  '';
-
-  patches = [
-    ./0001-il_endian.h-Fix-endian-handling.patch
-  ];
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    for a in test/Makefile.am test/format_test/format_checks.sh.in ; do
-      substituteInPlace $a \
-        --replace /bin/bash ${runtimeShell}
-    done
-  '';
-
-  passthru.tests.pkg-config = testers.testMetaPkgConfig finalAttrs.finalPackage;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://openil.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "Image library which can can load, save, convert, manipulate, filter and display a wide variety of image formats";
-    mainProgram = "ilur";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
-    pkgConfigModules = [ "IL" ];
-    inherit (libgbm.meta) platforms;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-  };
-})

pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix

@@ -1295,6 +1295,8 @@ mapAliases {
   libbitcoin-network = throw "libbitcoin-network has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libbitcoin-protocol = throw "libbitcoin-protocol has been removed as it required an obsolete version of Boost and had no maintainer in Nixpkgs"; # Added 2024-11-24
   libchop = throw "libchop has been removed due to failing to build and being unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-05-02
+  libdevil = throw "libdevil has been removed, as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and upstream since 2017"; # Added 2025-09-16
+  libdevil-nox = throw "libdevil has been removed, as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and upstream since 2017"; # Added 2025-09-16
   libdwarf-lite = throw "`libdwarf-lite` has been replaced by `libdwarf` as it's mostly a mirror"; # Added 2025-06-16
   libdwg = throw "libdwg has been removed as upstream is unmaintained, the code doesn't build without significant patches, and the package had no reverse dependencies"; # Added 2024-12-28
   libfpx = throw "libfpx has been removed as it was unmaintained in Nixpkgs and had known vulnerabilities"; # Added 2025-05-20

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -8032,12 +8032,6 @@ with pkgs;
   libdbusmenu-gtk2 = libdbusmenu.override { gtkVersion = "2"; };
   libdbusmenu-gtk3 = libdbusmenu.override { gtkVersion = "3"; };
 
-  libdevil = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdevil { };
-
-  libdevil-nox = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdevil {
-    withXorg = false;
-  };
-
   libdvdnav = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdvdnav { };
   libdvdnav_4_2_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libdvdnav/4.2.1.nix {
     libdvdread = libdvdread_4_9_9;

pkgs/top-level/pkg-config/pkg-config-data.json

@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
     "minor": 1
   },
   "modules": {
-    "IL": {
-      "attrPath": [
-        "libdevil"
-      ]
-    },
     "ImageMagick": {
       "attrPath": [
         "imagemagick"