Re: [Ekiga-list] error building ekiga 3.2.0 on Ubunty Hardy

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Eugen Dedu
> <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr> wrote:
> > Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Eugen Dedu
> > > <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr> wrote:
> > > > Julien Puydt wrote:
> > > > > Jacob Beard a écrit :
> > > > > > I also just tried building Ekiga trunk, and got a different compilation
> > > > > > error:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > gui/assistant.cpp: In function ‘void name_changed_cb(GtkEntry*,
> > > > > > GtkAssistant*)’:
> > > > > > gui/assistant.cpp:348: error: ‘gtk_entry_get_text_length’ was not
> > > > > > declared in this scope
> > > > > > make[3]: *** [assistant.o] Error 1
> > > > > > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/jacob/apps/ekiga-build-hardy/EKIGA_trunk/src'
> > > > > > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > > > > > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/jacob/apps/ekiga-build-hardy/EKIGA_trunk/src'
> > > > > > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > > > > > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > > > > > `/home/jacob/apps/ekiga-build-hardy/EKIGA_trunk'
> > > > > > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks,
> > > > > The gtk_entry_get_text_length function is new in gtk+ 2.14 ; and the
> > > > > configure script only check for 2.12 :-(
> > > > >
> > > > > It's a mistake we did -- you should upgrade to gtk+ 2.14...
> > > > Aïe, it's me who add that gtk function without checking that it appeared
> > > > in
> > > > 2.14...
> > > >
> > > > Should I replace it with something for gtk 2.12?
> > > May be a good reason to move to a mandatory >=gtk-2.14 and remove this
> > > weird --enable-gnome which is useless if >=gtk-2.14 ?
> > Debian stable still has 2.14...  2.16 appeared in october.
>
> I'm confused. Isn't the function >=2.14 ? If 2.14 is Debian, that's
> ok. Don't understand why you talked about 2.16.

Sorry for the confusion, debian stable has 2.12.

> Anyway, does next ekiga release is going to move to Debian stable soon
> ? Or you prefer to depend only on Debian stable to make it easier for
> users ?

To my knowledge, stable is updated only for RC bugs, not for classical 
upgrades, so it will remain with ekiga v2 :o(

I just want to be easier for users.  We can change the dependency right 
after the next ekiga stable.

--
Eugen