Re: gconf build issues (to moderator: discard the previous with attachements)

[Remi Cohen-Scali <Remi Cohen-Scali COM>]

I use a redhat 7.1-like linux system.
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[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ autoconf --version
Autoconf version 2.13
[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ libtool --version
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4 (1.920 2001/04/24 23:26:18)
[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p1

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey cygnus com>
[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ gettext --version
gettext (GNU gettext) 0.10.37

Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Ce progiciel est libre.  Consulter les sources pour plus de détail sur
les permissions de copie.  Il est distribué SANS AUCUNE GARANTIE
de QUALITÉ LOYALE ET MARCHANDE ou d'ADÉQUATION POUR UN BUT PARTICULIER.
Écrit par Ulrich Drepper.

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but I also test with autoconf 2.50 & automake 1.4-p4
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[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ /usr/local/bin/autoconf --version
autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.50
Written by David J. MacKenzie.

Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[rcoscali xfiles rcoscali]$ /usr/local/bin/automake --version
automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p4

Copyright (C) 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey cygnus com>

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Here is the log of the configure stage:
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[rcoscali xfiles gconf]$ date
jeu jui  5 22:03:21 EDT 2001
[rcoscali xfiles /u4]$ gnome_cvs
[rcoscali xfiles /u4]$ cvs co gconf
cvs server: Updating gconf
U gconf/.cvsignore
U gconf/.eiderinfo
U gconf/ABOUT-NLS
U gconf/AUTHORS
U gconf/COPYING
U gconf/ChangeLog
U gconf/Makefile.am
U gconf/NEWS
U gconf/README
U gconf/TODO
U gconf/acconfig.h
U gconf/acinclude.m4
U gconf/autogen.sh
U gconf/configure.in
U gconf/gconf-2.0.pc.in
U gconf/gconf-config.in
U gconf/gconf.m4.in
U gconf/gconf.spec.in
U gconf/stamp.h.in
cvs server: Updating gconf/backends
U gconf/backends/.cvsignore
U gconf/backends/Makefile.am
U gconf/backends/README.bdb
U gconf/backends/bdb-backend.c
U gconf/backends/bdb.c
U gconf/backends/bdb.h
U gconf/backends/dir-utils.c
U gconf/backends/dir-utils.h
U gconf/backends/val-encode.c
U gconf/backends/val-encode.h
U gconf/backends/xml-backend.c
U gconf/backends/xml-cache.c
U gconf/backends/xml-cache.h
U gconf/backends/xml-dir.c
U gconf/backends/xml-dir.h
U gconf/backends/xml-entry.c
U gconf/backends/xml-entry.h
cvs server: Updating gconf/debian
U gconf/debian/changelog
U gconf/debian/control
U gconf/debian/copyright
U gconf/debian/docs
U gconf/debian/libgconf10.files
U gconf/debian/libgconf10.postinst
U gconf/debian/rules
cvs server: Updating gconf/doc
U gconf/doc/.cvsignore
U gconf/doc/Makefile.am
U gconf/doc/gconf.dia
U gconf/doc/intro-article.sgml
U gconf/doc/thoughts.txt
cvs server: Updating gconf/doc/gconf
U gconf/doc/gconf/.cvsignore
U gconf/doc/gconf/Makefile.am
U gconf/doc/gconf/gconf-decl.txt
U gconf/doc/gconf/gconf-sections.txt
U gconf/doc/gconf/gconf.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/gconf.types
cvs server: Updating gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-backend.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-changeset.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-client.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-engine.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-error.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-internals.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-listeners.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-locale.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-orbit.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-schema.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-sources.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-unused.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf-value.sgml
U gconf/doc/gconf/tmpl/gconf.sgml
cvs server: Updating gconf/examples
U gconf/examples/.cvsignore
U gconf/examples/Makefile.am
U gconf/examples/basic-gconf-app.c
U gconf/examples/basic-gconf-app.schemas
U gconf/examples/simple-controller.c
U gconf/examples/simple-view.c
cvs server: Updating gconf/gconf
U gconf/gconf/.cvsignore
U gconf/gconf/GConf.idl
U gconf/gconf/Makefile.am
U gconf/gconf/default.path.in
U gconf/gconf/gconf-backend.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-backend.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-changeset.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-changeset.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-client.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-client.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-database.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-database.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-engine.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-error.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-error.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-glib.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-internals.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-internals.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-listeners.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-listeners.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-locale.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-locale.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-schema.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-schema.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-sources.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-sources.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf-value.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf-value.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf.c
U gconf/gconf/gconf.h
U gconf/gconf/gconf.path
U gconf/gconf/gconfd.c
U gconf/gconf/gconfd.h
U gconf/gconf/gconfd.oafinfo.in
U gconf/gconf/gconfmarshal.list
U gconf/gconf/gconftool.c
U gconf/gconf/gnome-testclient.c
U gconf/gconf/testclient.c
U gconf/gconf/testgconfclient.c
cvs server: Updating gconf/gconf-editor
U gconf/gconf-editor/.cvsignore
U gconf/gconf-editor/Makefile.am
U gconf/gconf-editor/app.c
U gconf/gconf-editor/app.h
U gconf/gconf-editor/gconf-editor.c
U gconf/gconf-editor/menus.c
U gconf/gconf-editor/menus.h
cvs server: Updating gconf/po
U gconf/po/.cvsignore
U gconf/po/ChangeLog
U gconf/po/Makefile.in.in
U gconf/po/POTFILES.in
U gconf/po/az.po
U gconf/po/ca.po
U gconf/po/cs.po
U gconf/po/da.po
U gconf/po/de.po
U gconf/po/el.po
U gconf/po/es.po
U gconf/po/fi.po
U gconf/po/fr.po
U gconf/po/ga.po
U gconf/po/hu.po
U gconf/po/it.po
U gconf/po/ja.po
U gconf/po/ko.po
U gconf/po/nl.po
U gconf/po/no.po
U gconf/po/pt_BR.po
U gconf/po/ro.po
U gconf/po/ru.po
U gconf/po/sk.po
U gconf/po/sl.po
U gconf/po/sv.po
U gconf/po/tr.po
U gconf/po/uk.po
U gconf/po/update.pl
U gconf/po/update.sh
U gconf/po/zh_CN.GB2312.po
cvs server: Updating gconf/standard-schemas
U gconf/standard-schemas/.cvsignore
U gconf/standard-schemas/Makefile.am
U gconf/standard-schemas/desktop.schemas
cvs server: Updating gconf/tests
U gconf/tests/.cvsignore
U gconf/tests/Makefile.am
U gconf/tests/runtests.sh
U gconf/tests/testaddress.c
U gconf/tests/testchangeset.c
U gconf/tests/testdirlist.c
U gconf/tests/testencode.c
U gconf/tests/testgconf.c
U gconf/tests/testlisteners.c
U gconf/tests/testpersistence.c
U gconf/tests/testschemas.c
U gconf/tests/testunique.c
cvs server: Updating gconf/wrappers
U gconf/wrappers/.cvsignore
U gconf/wrappers/Makefile.am
cvs server: Updating gconf/wrappers/cxx
U gconf/wrappers/cxx/Makefile.am
U gconf/wrappers/cxx/gconf-cxx.cc
U gconf/wrappers/cxx/gconf-cxx.h
cvs server: Updating gconf/wrappers/gtk
cvs server: Updating gconf/wrappers/guile
U gconf/wrappers/guile/.cvsignore
U gconf/wrappers/guile/Makefile.am
U gconf/wrappers/guile/gconf-guile.c
U gconf/wrappers/guile/scm-gconf-private.h
U gconf/wrappers/guile/scm-gconf.c
U gconf/wrappers/guile/scm-gconf.h
cvs server: Updating gconf/wrappers/python
cvs server: Updating gconf/xsettings
[rcoscali xfiles /u4]$ cd gconf/
[rcoscali xfiles gconf]$ ./autogen.sh
I am going to run ./configure with no arguments - if you wish
to pass any to it, please specify them on the ./autogen.sh command line.
processing .
Running libtoolize...
You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to
`aclocal.m4'.
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `..'.
Running aclocal  ...
Running autoheader...
Running automake --gnu  ...
automake: configure.in: installing `./missing'
automake: Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL'
Running autoconf ...
Running ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-compile-warnings ...
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo...
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
creating libtool
FYI:  Using default config source
xml::${sysconfdir}/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults for schema installation
FYI:  Will build with debugging spew and checks
./configure: line 8611: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[rcoscali xfiles gconf]$
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get some of the generated files & the configure script at
http://www.rcsnet.net/gconf/
(to moderator:
Sorry  for previous message at 300k & more I didn't noticed)

Thanks for help

Remi Cohen-Scali wrote:

 > Hye
 > I ran into a weird problem with building gconf:
 >
 > The cvs head is not building due to a problem with configure. The
 > script unexpectly die because of an end of file while generating
 > libtool script. Is there some modifications going on...
 >


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  		   Remi Cohen-Scali
<Remi Cohen-Scali com> 		<rcoscali rcsnet net>