Re: balsa segfault

[Bruno Pires Marinho <bapm camoes rnl ist utl pt>]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Birger Langkjer wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi, I can compile balsa and install it, but everytime I run it, it
> segfaults immediately.
> 
> The make install script gives following error message:
> 
> ------------------------------------
> ..
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/birger/cvs/gnome/balsa/help'
> Making install in C
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/birger/cvs/gnome/balsa/help/C'
> cd . && db2html balsa.sgml
> /bin/sh: db2html: command not found
> make[2]: [balsa/balsa.html] Error 127 (ignored)
> cd . && cp balsa/balsa.html .
> cp: balsa/balsa.html: No such file or directory
> make[2]: [balsa.html] Error 1 (ignored)
> make[3]: Entering directory `/home/birger/cvs/gnome/balsa/help/C'
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
> cd . && db2html balsa.sgml
> /bin/sh: db2html: command not found
> make[3]: [balsa/balsa.html] Error 127 (ignored)
> cd . && cp balsa/balsa.html .
> cp: balsa/balsa.html: No such file or directory
> make[3]: [balsa.html] Error 1 (ignored)
> /bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./topic.dat
> /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C/topic.dat
> for file in ./balsa/*.html; do \
> basefile=`basename $file`; \
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $file /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C/$basefile; \
> done
> /usr/bin/install: ./balsa/*.html: No such file or directory
> make[3]: [install-data-local] Error 1 (ignored)
> /bin/sh ../../mkinstalldirs /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C
>  /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./topic.dat
> /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C/topic.dat
> for file in ./balsa/*.html; do \
> basefile=`basename $file`; \
> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 $file /usr/share/gnome/help/balsa/C/$basefile; \
> done
> /usr/bin/install: ./balsa/*.html: No such file or directory
> make[3]: [install-data-local] Error 1 (ignored)
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/birger/cvs/gnome/balsa/help/C'
> ..
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Where do I get this 'db2html' program that balsa asks for? It doesn't seem
> to be part of the sgmltools package.

You need docbook and gob to build correctly. Get docbook from:

	http://sourceware.cygnus.com/docbook-tools/

You have rpm and sources available.

And gob from:

	ftp://ftp.5z.com/pub/gob/

(But if you did build the balsa you already have this one).

The segfault is not caused by this but maybe because of what Jules Bean
pointed out.

                                               Bruno Pires Marinho
                                      http://camoes.rnl.ist.utl.pt/~bapm/