Re: Building ab initio

[Hanspeter Gisler <gisler ntb ch>]

You find the missing dirs in gnome-common: intl, macros, support
Just copy these dirs into the gnome-dirs that are in need of them and be
happy...:)

Good luck
HpG

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> Nathan>  - gettext-0.10
> 
> You probably want the most recent gettext from alpha.gnu.org.
> 
> Nathan>  - imlib-1.4
> Nathan>  - FreeBSD package netpbm-94.3.1
> Nathan>  - FreeBSD package jpeg-6a
> Nathan>  - FreeBSD package tiff-3.4
> Nathan>  - FreeBSD package png-1.0.1
> 
> I thought you had to install the various image libraries before
> building imlib.
> 
> Nathan> The FAQ and other sources say to get the files through anon
> Nathan> CVS, which no longer works.  There's nothing on the web site
> Nathan> that says "hey, dumbass, we turned anon CVS off.  Surprise!"
> 
> I thought there was an announcement on the main page saying this.  I
> don't know what's happening with CVS, though.  It would be nice if we
> could set up a mirror or something.
> 
> Nathan> When I try to run autogen.sh in gnome-libs (again from the
> Nathan> 980622 snapshot), I get:
> 
> Nathan> gnat@coprolith (gnome-libs) sh autogen.sh
> Nathan> .: Can't open ./macros/autogen.sh
> 
> Nathan> What am I missing?
> 
> I think this is a problem with the snapshots.  There is a "support"
> module that you have to unpack in each source directory.  The support
> module includes (or should include) the macros and intl subdirs.
> gnome-libs, gnome-core, etc require this stuff.
> 
> Sorry this is vague.  I haven't looked at the snapshots, so I don't
> really know the names of the things.
> 
> Tom
> 
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