Re: Build problem for dia-0.96 on Mac OSX

[Ben Abbott <bpabbott mac com>]

On Mar 27, 2007, at 7:08 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> I downloaded version 0.96 using the link below
>
>         http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/dia/0.96/dia-0.96.tar.bz2
>
> I'm able to run configure, with out errors, using
>
>         ./configure --prefix=/sw
>
> I used the /sw prefix since I have a Fink installation.
>
> Unfortunately the make failed with ...
>
> -------------------------
> [...]
> Making all in samples
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
> Making all in po
> file=`echo am | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
>    && rm -f $file &&  -o $file am.po
> /bin/sh: line 1: -o: command not found
> make[2]: *** [am.gmo] Error 127
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> ### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.0.hw1EZK failed, exit code 2
> Removing runtime build-lock...
> Removing build-lock package...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-dia-0.96-0000
> (Reading database ... 147939 files and directories currently  
> installed.)
> Removing fink-buildlock-dia-0.96-0000 ...
> Failed: phase compiling: dia-0.96-0000 failed
> -------------------------
>
> The offending portion appears to be
>
> -------------------------
> file=`echo am | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
>    && rm -f $file &&  -o $file am.po
> -------------------------
>
> This error appears to be in ./po/Makefile and is apparently occurring
> on the line below
>
> -------------------------
> .po.gmo:
>         file=`echo $* | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
>           && rm -f $$file && $(GMSGFMT) -o $$file $<
> -------------------------
<snip>

Hi List,

After some more work on my end, I've become quite confused.

On first look, it appears the error results due to variable GMSGFMT,  
and others, not being defined in po/Makefile

-------------------------
GMSGFMT =
MSGFMT =
XGETTEXT = :
-------------------------

I had no errors compiling 0.95, even though those lines show up there  
(for me ?) exactly as for version 0.96.

I also tried to build 0.96-pre9, but obtained the same error as for  
the released 0.96.

Meanwhile, I checked and my system has "gettext" installed, via  
Fink ... and "xgettext" is part of that package. So, I do have both  
gettext and xgettext installed.

One final comment, "dia" did compile on 0.96 and does run ...  
Although I expect there are some *features* missing?
Any ideas?

p.s. sorry for the duplicate post on this subject.