Re: Trying to build git-head

[Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>]

2011/3/4 SanskritFritz <sanskritfritz gmail com>:
> I try to build kupfer from the git, based on this AUR script:
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43459
>
> This is how I modified it (basically just threw outdated waf out, installing
> it separately as makedepend):
>
>
>> ... [snip]
>> makedepends=('git' 'python2-waf')
>> ... [snip]
>>   #
>>   # BUILD HERE
>>   #
>>
>>   # Python2 fixes
>>   export PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2"
>>
>>   sed \
>>         -e "s_env python_&2_" \
>>         -e "s_bin/python_&2_" \
>>         -i `grep -rlE "(env python|bin/python)" .`
>>
>>   waf configure --prefix=/usr
>>   waf
>> }
>>
>> package() {
>>   cd "$srcdir/$_gitname-build"
>>
>>   waf install -f --destdir="$pkgdir/"
>> }
>
> Now when I run makepkg, waf complains like this:
>
>> Setting top to                           :
>> /Common/Builds/aur/kupfer-git/src/kupfer-build
>> Setting out to                           :
>> /Common/Builds/aur/kupfer-git/src/kupfer-build/build
>> Checking for program python              : /usr/bin/python2
>> Checking for python version              : (2, 7, 1, 'final', 0)
>> Checking for program msgfmt              : /usr/bin/msgfmt
>> Checking for program perl                : /usr/bin/perl
>> Checking for 'intltool-merge'            : /usr/bin/intltool-merge
>> Checking for program xml2po              : not found
>> Could not find the program xml2po
>> (complete log in
>> /Common/Builds/aur/kupfer-git/src/kupfer-build/build/config.log)
>
>
> What is this xml2po, and is it really necessary? Sadly there is no package
> for it in the aur.

Hi, it's in this package for arch:
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/gnome-doc-utils/files/

It's an optional feature (for the Help/Yelp pages), but it seems waf
1.6 treats the same configuration code differently, so now it's
non-optional. It'll be fixed, thanks for reporting.

Ulrik