Re: [xml] [Fwd: Re: Problem compiling libxml2 on solaris]

[Gary Pennington <Gary Pennington sun com>]

Chris Lyttle wrote:

> Hi it was suggested by Daniel to ask here, can anyone suggest a solution
> to this problem?
>
> Chris Lyttle
I'm not sure which vicious build scripts you are referring to, are these 
gnome scripts?

Anyway, libxml2 will build on Solaris with minimal effort. Take a look at:

http://garypennington.net/libxml2/

To see the build parameters I use when building on Solaris. That might 
be helpful. Alternatively, if you are on Solaris 8 or later, just use 
the prebuilt binary packages.

Gary

> -----Forwarded Message-----
>
>  
>
> > From: Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
> > To: Chris Lyttle <chris wilddev net>
> > Cc: gnome-hackers gnome org
> > Subject: Re: Problem compiling libxml2 on solaris
> > Date: 01 Jun 2002 07:02:47 -0400
> >
> > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 04:01:44PM -0700, Chris Lyttle wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am trying to compile gnome2 on solaris with the vicious build scripts 
> > > and have run into a problem I can figure out. Can anyone suggest a 
> > > solution?
> > >
> > > I get the following error when vbs gets up to the gnome-xml compile stage;
> > >
> > > nanohttp.c: In function `xmlNanoHTTPConnectAttempt':
> > > nanohttp.c:807: `len' undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > nanohttp.c:807: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> > > nanohttp.c:807: for each function it appears in.)
> > > make[2]: *** [nanohttp.lo] Error 1
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/export/home/chris/gnome/head/cvs/gnome-xml'
> > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/export/home/chris/gnome/head/cvs/gnome-xml'
> > > make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
> > >      
> >  line 807 is
> >
> > SOCKLEN_T len;
> >
> > line 88 there is
> >
> > #ifndef SOCKLEN_T
> > #define SOCKLEN_T unsigned int
> > #endif
> >
> >
> > only possible explanation, at configure time you got SOCKLEN_T got defined
> > to an empty macro. Sounds like a configure problem, check your platform
> > settings, possibly ask on xml gnome org, there are Sun employees who
> > maintain the port, they may help debugging your specific problem.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >    


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Gary Pennington
Solaris Kernel Development,
Sun Microsystems
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