Re: NA Glib-0.24 i686-linux 2.4.18-14

[slaven rezic de]

"muppet" <scott asofyet org> wrote:
> 
> Ken Williams said:
> >
> > On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 03:34  AM, slaven rezic de wrote:
> >
> >> This distribution has been tested as part of the cpan-testers
> >> effort to test as many new uploads to CPAN as possible.  See
> >> http://testers.cpan.org/
> >>
> >> Please cc any replies to to keep other
> >> test volunteers informed and to prevent any duplicate effort.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Can't build Glib:
> >>
> >> $ make
> >> /usr/local/bin/perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/xsubpp   -typemap
> >> /usr/lo
> >> cal/lib/perl5/5.8.0/ExtUtils/typemap -typemap
> >> /usr/local/dist/cpan/build/Glib-0.
> >> 24/typemap -typemap typemap  GValue.xs > GValue.xsc && mv GValue.xsc
> >> GValue.c
> >> Didn't find a 'MODULE ... PACKAGE ... PREFIX' line
> >> make: *** [GValue.c] Error 25
> >>
> >> This is probably due to the installed ExtUtils::ParseXS, which installs
> >> the standard ExtUtils/xsubpp.
> 
> we've been developing Glib/Gtk2 against stock perl 5.8.0.  this has nothing to
> do with the xsubpp patch i posted, which changes the error report format and
> keeps the directory path on the filename for correct #line directive output.
> 
> 
> > Thanks for the report.  It looks like GValue.xs just doesn't have a  'MODULE
> > ... PACKAGE ... PREFIX' line - I believe that's required under  the stock
> > xsubpp that ships with 5.8.0 also.
> 
> this is the first time i've ever heard about GValue.xs not compiling, and that
> file has had maybe one or two changes since early april, so either xsubpp
> doesn't require it or is very lax about it.  i'm rather suprised, actually.
> 
> 
> GValue.xs has no MODULE line because there are no functions in it that need to
> be accessed from perl.  it's an XS file because originally i thought there
> might need to be perl-visible functions, and someday there might... but until
> then i wanted to leave out the unused BOOT section.
> 
> so, ah, yeah, it ought to compile if you just add a bogus MODULE line.  that
> module doesn't get booted anyway so it shouldn't break anything.
> 
> i'll fix that in CVS, but we're about a week and a half from the next actual
> release.
> 

Don't forget to change GClosure.xs too. With both files changed, all
tests pass.

Regards,
    Slaven


> 
> > I don't have the prereq libs for Glib, so I can't test this very well
> > myself, unfortunately.
> >
> >   -Ken
> >
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> muppet <scott at asofyet dot org>