Re: final gtk+maverick battles

[Bric <bric flight us>]

On 02/14/2014 10:38 AM, Gabriele Greco wrote:
>     "barely" compiled gcc 4.8.2 ("make install" first failed, then,
>     after ldconfig, it succeeded)
>
>     The upgraded gcc doesn't seem to have an effect on my gtk+ woes.
>     (!)   :-((   (unless "make" is still using the old gcc, but I
>     don't see an indication of that)
>
>     Same "/bin/sh: --: invalid option" error with the git source, but
>     with a cleanly unpacked tarball I get a different error :
>
>     http://www.flight.us//misc/gtk_compile_error2.txt
>
>
> Have you tried with the John Rails scripts?
>
> GTK on MacOSX requires a few dependencies to build and those script 
> download them all and build them with clang default compiler without 
> too many issues.
>
> https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show//Projects/GTK+/OSX/Building

Sorry, you lost me... I am on Ubuntu, not OSX.   An _old_ ubuntu, at 
that, with lots of old packages.  I have a double challenge:  build 
something new, with new-version dependency, and avoid breaking 
(trashing) my old system.

I can't seem to find anything concrete on John Rails scripts

> --
> Bye,
>  Gabry