BUG: GLib-Genmarshal-WARNING **: unknown type: VARIANT

[Steven Swann <swannonline googlemail com>]

Hello All,

I believe I have found a bug.

Background:
I am cross-compiling glib for an ARM11 target. I have built the 
toolchain loosely on the CLFS book.
I am looking to get OPIE running on the board and as such, require Glib.

I have compiled a number of versions of glib as follows:

glib-2.14.5        -        Compiled
glib-2.20.5        -        Compiled
glib-2.24.2        -        Compiled
glib-2.25.0        -        Failed - different error
glib-2.25.17      -        Failed
glib-2.26.1        -        Failed
glib-2.27.4        -        Failed
glib-2.28.3        -        Failed
glib-2.28.5        -        Failed

The error in question is as follows:
Making all in gobject
make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/armclfs/sources/glib-2.28.5/gobject'
  CC     glib-genmarshal.o
  CCLD   glib-genmarshalafter
../glib/.libs/libglib-2.0.so: warning: the use of OBSOLESCENT `utime' is 
discouraged, use `utimes'
make glib-genmarshal
make[3]: Entering directory `/mnt/armclfs/sources/glib-2.28.5/gobject'
make[3]: `glib-genmarshal' is up to date.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/armclfs/sources/glib-2.28.5/gobject'
  GEN    stamp-gmarshal.h

(process:22042): GLib-Genmarshal-WARNING **: unknown type: VARIANT
make[2]: *** [stamp-gmarshal.h] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/armclfs/sources/glib-2.28.5/gobject'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/armclfs/sources/glib-2.28.5'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Configured with:
./configure --prefix=/usr --host=${CLFS_TARGET} --cache-file=arm_cache.conf

${CLFS_TARGET}:
arm-unknown-linux-uclibcgnueabi

arm_cache.conf:
glib_cv_stack_grows=no
ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yes
ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes
glib_cv_uscore=yes


Compiled with:
make

From the tests I did it seemed obvious that the error started occurring 
sometime after release 2.24.2.

Also, it may be worth noting that, although the 2.24.2 compiled I have 
been unable to test this on the target as yet.

Please feel free to ask any further questions or for further testing.

sjs205