Re: [gtk-list] Odd install problem (cd .libs && ln -s ...) with 1.0.6 under Redhat 5.1

[Scott Stone <sstone ume pht co jp>]

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, terry jones wrote:

> 
> I'm running Redhat 5.1 2.0.35 with glibc2.0.6, pentium, trying to
> install gtk 1.0.6.

why did you downgrade to glibc2.0.6?  Or did you mean 2.0.7?  RH 5.1 ships
with 2.0.7 (with patches)

> 
> 
> I do this:
> 
>   $ type cd
>   cd is a shell builtin
>   $ ./configure
>   [typical configure output deleted]
>   $ make
> 
> and a bunch of C in glib gets compiled successfully. then i see this
> in the make output:
> 
> 
>   gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -c -fPIC -DPIC gscanner.c
>   mv -f gscanner.o gscanner.lo
>   gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -c gscanner.c >/dev/null 2>&1
>   /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I.  -g -O2 -Wall -c gutils.c
>   gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -c -fPIC -DPIC gutils.c
>   mv -f gutils.o gutils.lo
>   gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I. -g -O2 -Wall -c gutils.c >/dev/null 2>&1
>   /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -Wall  -o libglib.la -rpath /usr/local/lib -version-info 1:6:0 garray.lo gcache.lo gerror.lo ghash.lo glist.lo gmem.lo gmessages.lo gprimes.lo gslist.lo gtimer.lo gtree.lo gstring.lo gscanner.lo gutils.lo  
>   mkdir .libs
>   gcc -shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,libglib.so.1 -o .libs/libglib.so.1.0.6 garray.lo gcache.lo gerror.lo ghash.lo glist.lo gmem.lo gmessages.lo gprimes.lo gslist.lo gtimer.lo gtree.lo gstring.lo gscanner.lo gutils.lo  -lc
>   (cd .libs && ln -s libglib.so.1.0.6 libglib.so.1)
>   ./libtool: cd: .libs: No such file or directory
>   make[2]: *** [libglib.la] Error 1
>   make[2]: Leaving directory `/u/terry/s/net/gtk+-1.0.6/glib'
>   make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>   make[1]: Leaving directory `/u/terry/s/net/gtk+-1.0.6'
>   make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> 
> 
> libglib.so.1.0.6 is there, sitting right in the .libs directory like
> it's supposed to.

possibly the working directory is different at the point where it needs to
cd to .libs? or, is the filesystem maybe out of disk space?

> 
> 
> Can anyone suggest what might be going on here? I.e., why does the cd
> into .libs fail? I took a brief look around, but didn't see anything
> likely. I looked in libtool a little, but things look just fine.
> 
> I grabbed the 1.0.5 gtk tarball and got exactly the same behavior.
> 

odd, 1.0.5 compiled without a hitch for me.  You might want to try getting
the .src.rpm for 1.0.5 and see how the RPM spec is building it..?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@pht.com, sstone@turbolinux.com>
               <sstone@pht.co.jp>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
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