build problem with pdcurses-2.6-1014 was Re: bug report? error building "the" on

On Jan 10, 2008 8:23 AM, Syd Bauman <Syd_Baumanbrown.edu> wrote:
> Checked FAQ, found no mention of the following
problem.
>
> System: Mac OS X 10.5.1
> Fink: Package manager version: 0.27.10
>       Distribution version: 0.8.1.cvs powerpc
>
> When I tried to install (from source using
FinkCommander 0.5.4) the
> the 3.1-1016 package, I get the following error:
>
>   ...
>   Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at
>   /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 4907,
<STDIN> line 1.
>   ... [occurs x4]
>   checking for location of X libraries... configure:
error: Cannot find
>   required X library; libXaw. XCurses cannot be
configured
>   ...
>   Failed: phase compiling: pdcurses-2.6-1014 failed
>   ...
>
> I do not find any package with 'libXaw' in the name or
description,
> nor anything that seemed apropos in the FAQ or the
package issues
> wiki page.
>

Your problem is with pdcurses, rather than 'the'.

I can confirm the issue (also 10.5/powerPC).  It appears
that the
configure process doesn't find the the relevant file (from
xaw3d).

I've posted links to the build log and config log at
http://akhmac.blogdns.n
et/~hansen/finklogs/archives/2008-01.html#e2008-01-10T13_28_
49.txt
-- 
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akh AT finkproject DOT org
Fink User Liaison and Documenter

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> Your problem is with pdcurses, rather than 'the'.
> 
> I can confirm the issue (also 10.5/powerPC).  It
appears that the
> configure process doesn't find the the relevant file
(from xaw3d).
> 
> I've posted links to the build log and config log at
> http://akhmac.blogdns.n
et/~hansen/finklogs/archives/2008-01.html#e2008-01-10T13_28_
49.txt

Sorry I didn't get to post sooner -- maintainer wrote back
and said

   you need to install the x11 dev toolkit on the leopard
xtools
   dvd....

which I have not tested yet, and probably won't get to until
at least
tomorrow night.

Very big thanks to Eric for sending a response so quickly,
and to
Alexander for confirming my findings.


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Syd Bauman wrote:
>>Your problem is with pdcurses, rather than 'the'.
>>
>>I can confirm the issue (also 10.5/powerPC).  It
appears that the
>>configure process doesn't find the the relevant file
(from xaw3d).
>>
>>I've posted links to the build log and config log
at
>>http://akhmac.blogdns.n
et/~hansen/finklogs/archives/2008-01.html#e2008-01-10T13_28_
49.txt
> 
> 
> Sorry I didn't get to post sooner -- maintainer wrote
back and said
> 
>    you need to install the x11 dev toolkit on the
leopard xtools
>    dvd....

This won't help. The problem is that whereas on Tiger there
is a static 
libXaw.a, on Leopard only the dynamic libXaw.dylib exists,
and configure 
does not look for this.

Line 2270 in configure

     for mh_ext in a so sl; do

needs to be patched to check also for dylib.

-- 
Martin




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Re: error trying to build pdcurses-2.6 on Leopard (because
I'm trying
    to install 'the' on Leopard)

Martin Costabel very helpfully wrote:
> The problem is that whereas on Tiger there is a static
libXaw.a, 
> on Leopard only the dynamic libXaw.dylib exists, and
configure 
> does not look for this.
> Line 2270 in configure
>      for mh_ext in a so sl; do
> needs to be patched to check also for dylib.

OK, it's been a month since I originally ran into this
problem, which
seemed like long enough that it was likely fixed, so I tried
again. I
ran (via FinkCommander 0.5.4) seflupdate, then update-all,
then tried
to install 'the' again. The exact same error occured. 

Is it insufficient that this error is known to the 'the'
maintainer
and this list? Do I need to send it to the 'pdcurses'
maintainer as
well? 

It sounds like it might be something I could fix myself if I
knew
where to find the config file. But as far as I can tell,
when
installing as I am, it is downloaded for the install, and
erased
after the error occurs, so I have no access to it. In order
to get
access to the config file I'm guessing I would have to do
the Fink
equivalent of 
  apt-get -d the
  [tweak the config file]
  apt-get -b the
is that right?

Thanks.


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On Sunday 10 February 2008 07:35:08 pm Syd Bauman wrote:
> Re: error trying to build pdcurses-2.6 on Leopard
(because I'm trying
>     to install 'the' on Leopard)
>
> Martin Costabel very helpfully wrote:
> > The problem is that whereas on Tiger there is a
static libXaw.a,
> > on Leopard only the dynamic libXaw.dylib exists,
and configure
> > does not look for this.
> > Line 2270 in configure
> >      for mh_ext in a so sl; do
> > needs to be patched to check also for dylib.
>
> OK, it's been a month since I originally ran into this
problem, which
> seemed like long enough that it was likely fixed, so I
tried again. I
> ran (via FinkCommander 0.5.4) seflupdate, then
update-all, then tried
> to install 'the' again. The exact same error occured.
>
> Is it insufficient that this error is known to the
'the' maintainer
> and this list? Do I need to send it to the 'pdcurses'
maintainer as
> well?
>

They're one and the same.  In general, contact the
maintainer of whatever 
package isn't building, rather than the package that you're
ultimately trying 
to build.


We generally like to give maintainers time to fix their
packages, but if a 
couple weeks pass with no action, we'll act.

> It sounds like it might be something I could fix myself
if I knew
> where to find the config file. But as far as I can
tell, when
> installing as I am, it is downloaded for the install,
and erased
> after the error occurs, so I have no access to it. In
order to get
> access to the config file I'm guessing I would have to
do the Fink
> equivalent of
>   apt-get -d the
>   [tweak the config file]
>   apt-get -b the
> is that right?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Fink's methodology is different--there's not a real mapping
to how Debian does 
it.  Patching the source is either done by applying a diff
after extraction 
or via a script.

I've committed a change to implement Martin's suggestion--it
worked for me.  
Do a selfupdate after about an hour or so (to let the rsync
mirrors pick it 
up) and then give it a try.
-- 
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akh AT finkproject DOT org
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Martin Costabel <costabelwanadoo.fr> said:
> Syd Bauman wrote:
>>>Your problem is with pdcurses, rather than
'the'.
>>>
>>>I can confirm the issue (also 10.5/powerPC).  It
appears that the
>>>configure process doesn't find the the relevant
file (from xaw3d).
>>>
>>>I've posted links to the build log and config
log at
>>>http://akhmac.blogdns.n
et/~hansen/finklogs/archives/2008-01.html#e2008-01-10T13_28_
49.txt
>> 
>> 
>> Sorry I didn't get to post sooner -- maintainer
wrote back and said
>> 
>>    you need to install the x11 dev toolkit on the
leopard xtools
>>    dvd....
>
> This won't help. The problem is that whereas on Tiger
there is a static 
> libXaw.a, on Leopard only the dynamic libXaw.dylib
exists, and configure 
> does not look for this.
>
> Line 2270 in configure
>
>      for mh_ext in a so sl; do
>
> needs to be patched to check also for dylib.

I committed a fix for this detection to the pangocairo
branch. It
works on my 10.4 after I nuked my .a, but someone could
please
backport to the live distro and test?

dan

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> In general, contact the maintainer of whatever package
isn't
> building, rather than the package that you're
ultimately trying to
> build.

Check, thanks.


> Fink's methodology is different--there's not a real
mapping to how
> Debian does it. Patching the source is either done by
applying a
> diff after extraction or via a script.

OK, I take you word for it, but I still wouldn't know how to
go about
inserting a diff patch after extraction but before building,
or how to
get a script to intervene. (Don't worry about actually
explaining it,
but if there is a manual you can just point me to and say
RTFM ... )


> I've committed a change to implement Martin's
suggestion--it worked
> for me. Do a selfupdate after about an hour or so (to
let the rsync
> mirrors pick it up) and then give it a try.

Done. After a selfupdate of Fink, 'the' built without
problems. Thank
you!


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