Error compiling GNOME

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn comm uni-bremen de>]

Hi,

has anyone succeeded in compiling GNOME stable under 2.8?
I get errors trying to compile gnome-libs:

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gcc -o gnome-pty-helper  -lutil
/usr/lib/crt0.o: Undefined symbol `_main' referenced from text segment
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8/zvt (line 523 of Makefile).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8 (line 324 of Makefile).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8 (line 453 of Makefile).
root oslo [/usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8] # 
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The coresponding line in the Makefile reads:

	        $(CC) -o $@ $^ $(UTIL_LIBS)

what does this "$^" mean? Is this a configure problem?

After repairing the Makefile manually, the next error shows up:

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gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Wunused -o .libs/gnome-name-service
gnome-name-server.o -L.libs -lgnorbagtk -lz -lm -lname-server
-L/usr/local/lib -lORBitCosNaming -lORBit -lIIOP -lwrap -lORBitutil
-lglib -lm -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lz -lm -R/usr/local/lib
gnome-name-server.c:229: Undefined symbol `_gettext' referenced from
text segment
gnome-name-server.c:246: Undefined symbol `_gettext' referenced from
text segment
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8/libgnorba (line 382 of
Makefile).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8 (line 324 of Makefile).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8 (line 453 of Makefile).
root oslo [/usr/local/src/gnome-libs-1.2.8] # 
###############################################################################

Did anyone get further?

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Heinrich Rebehn
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University of Bremen
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