Re: gconf cvs HEAD 'vicious-build-scripts' build fails on 'skipjack'

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

George J Karabin <gkarabin pobox com> writes:

> This isn't really a gnomehide issue, but I thought I'd mention it here
> since subscribers might also be doing this sort of thing. Building cvs
> HEAD gconf using a clean install of vicious-build-scripts fails after I
> updated my RedHat 7.2 + gnomehide box to 'skipjack'.
> 
> I've attached an error log. I'd think the cause would be obvious to
> someone who knows anything about automake (I don't, yet).
> 
> 
> -----------------
> Following might just blow up, nothing to worry about
> Shutting down gconf-1...
> killall gconfd-1
> gconfd-1: no process killed
> Shutting down gconf-2...
> killall gconfd-2
> gconfd-2: no process killed
> Shutting down gconf in general...
> killall gconfd
> gconfd: no process killed
> -----------------
> cd /gnome/head/cvs
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Module: gconf
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Checking for flags...
> Checking for append flags in /gnome/head/cvs/APPEND_FLAGS...
> Checking for override flags in /gnome/head/cvs/OVERRIDE_FLAGS...
> cd /gnome/head/cvs
> cd /gnome/head/cvs/gconf
> cvs -z3 update -dP -A
> cvs server: Updating .
> cvs server: Updating backends
> cvs server: Updating debian
> cvs server: Updating doc
> cvs server: Updating doc/gconf
> cvs server: Updating doc/gconf/tmpl
> cvs server: Updating examples
> cvs server: Updating gconf
> cvs server: Updating gconf-editor
> cvs server: Updating po
> cvs server: Updating standard-schemas
> cvs server: Updating tests
> cvs server: Updating wrappers
> cvs server: Updating wrappers/cxx
> cvs server: Updating wrappers/gtk
> cvs server: Updating wrappers/guile
> cvs server: Updating wrappers/python
> cvs server: Updating xsettings
> -----------------
> Configuring...
> rm -f Makefile
> ./autogen.sh --prefix=/gnome/head/INSTALL
> processing .
> Creating ./aclocal.m4 ...
> Running gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages.
> Copying file po/Makefile.in.in
> 
> Please add the files
>   codeset.m4 gettext.m4 glibc21.m4 iconv.m4 isc-posix.m4 lcmessage.m4
>   progtest.m4
> from the /gnome/head/INSTALL/share/aclocal directory to your autoconf macro directory
> or directly to your aclocal.m4 file.
> You will also need config.guess and config.sub, which you can get from
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/.
> 
> Making ./aclocal.m4 writable ...
> Running libtoolize...
> You should add the contents of `/gnome/head/INSTALL/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
> Running aclocal-1.4  ...
> aclocal: configure.in: 286: macro `AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' not found in library

This is the fatal error that resulted in the rest of your problems. Are you trying
to build on top of the glib2/gtk2 packages in skipjack, or are you building glib
and gtk+ with vbs as well?

Regards,
                                        Owen