Re: Can't compile glib2-2.2.3-1.1.src.rpm in old Red Hat Linux 7.1

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 16:52, Phillip Pi wrote:
> Hello. I am trying to upgrade glib2 libraries, but not able to do with 
> both RPMs and src.rpms:
> 
> [root ANTux-P3 download]# rpm -q glib2 
> glib2-2.0.4-1
> 
> [root ANTux-P3 download]# rpm -Uvh glib2-2.2.3-1.1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)   is needed by glib2-2.2.3-1.1
>         libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)   is needed by glib2-2.2.3-1.1
>         glib2 = 2.0.4 is needed by glib2-devel-2.0.4-1
> 
> 
> [snipped from rpm --rebuild glib2-2.2.3-1.1.src.rpm]

[..]

> -O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Wall -c patterntest.c
> patterntest.c: In function `verbose':
> patterntest.c:35: parse error before `*'
> patterntest.c:38: `msg' undeclared (first use in this function)
> patterntest.c:38: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> patterntest.c:38: for each function it appears in.)

This has been fixed in CVS. Simplest way to work around it for you
is to simply comment 'make check' out of the spec file. This problem
only occurs in an uninstalled test program.

Regards,
						Owen