Re: I can't compile ORBit-0.3.91!

[sopwith redhat com (Elliot Lee)]

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:03:45 +0100, Sebastian Wilhelmi <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
wrote:

>> I just sorted out problem of compiling using cc by switching to gcc. Now
>> still the build gives the following error.
>> 
>> gmake[4]: Entering directory
>> `/usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91/src/daemons/interface_repository'
>> ../../../src/idl-compiler/orbit-idl interface_repository.idl
>> gmake[4]: *** [interface_repository.h] Bus error (core dumped)
>> gmake[4]: Leaving directory
>> `/usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91/src/daemons/interface_repository'
>> gmake[3]: *** [interface_repository.h] Error 1
>> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91/src/orb'
>> gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91/src'
>> gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91'
>> gmake: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
>> 
>> I tried running orbit-idl without argument it runs!
>> 
>> Is it realy difficult to compile ORBit! Or I am missing somthing!
>
>It sounds like it could be an indent problem. please install gnu indent
>and make it sitting in the path before the system indent (if any).

Hmm, no, an indent problem would produce "Broken pipe" not "Bus error".

Try doing "make -C /usr/local/dist/ORBit-0.3.91/libIDL install", running
ldconfig as root, and then trying the compile again.

-- Elliot
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