dbus build borkage

[Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com>]

I wanted to post this to the dbus list, but I can't subscribe to it-
every address I try comes back invalid. So i'm posting here instead.

Dr. Seuss on managing software development:

"I learned there are troubles
of more than one kind.
Some come from ahead
And some come from behind.

But I've bought a big bat.
I'm all ready, you see.
Now my troubles are going
To have troubles with me!"

me on dbus building:
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/louie/cvs/dbus/python'
/home/louie/jhbuilt/bin/python ./extract.py ./dbus_bindings.pxd.in
-I./..  -I. > dbus_bindings.pxd.tmp && mv dbus_bindings.pxd.tmp
dbus_bindings.pxd
running echo '#include "dbus_h_wrapper.h"
'|cpp  -I./.. -I.pyrexc ./dbus_bindings.pyx -I. -o ./dbus_bindings.c
/home/louie/cvs/dbus/python/./dbus_bindings.pxd:95:45: Expected ')'
/home/louie/cvs/dbus/python/./dbus_bindings.pyx:183:20: Syntax error
in C variable declaration
make[3]: [dbus_bindings.c] Error 1 (ignored)
if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I. -I.. -I./.. -I./../dbus  -I/home/louie/jhbuilt/include/python2.4
-DDBUS_COMPILATION=1  -DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE=1   -ggdb3 -O2
-Wall -Wchar-subscripts -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wfloat-equal
-Wsign-compare -MT dbus_bindings.lo -MD -MP -MF
".deps/dbus_bindings.Tpo" -c -o dbus_bindings.lo dbus_bindings.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/dbus_bindings.Tpo" ".deps/dbus_bindings.Plo"; else
rm -f ".deps/dbus_bindings.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
mkdir .libs
 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I./.. -I./../dbus
-I/home/louie/jhbuilt/include/python2.4 -DDBUS_COMPILATION=1
-DDBUS_API_SUBJECT_TO_CHANGE=1 -ggdb3 -O2 -Wall -Wchar-subscripts
-Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs
-Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wfloat-equal -Wsign-compare -MT
dbus_bindings.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/dbus_bindings.Tpo -c
dbus_bindings.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/dbus_bindings.o
gcc: dbus_bindings.c: No such file or directory
gcc: no input files
make[3]: *** [dbus_bindings.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/louie/cvs/dbus/python'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/louie/cvs/dbus/python'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/louie/cvs/dbus'
make: *** [all] Error 2

This happens with both gcc 3.4.5 and 4.0.2. Ideas? Fixes?

Luis