Re: GNU APL build system changes

[Dr . Jürgen Sauermann]

    Hi Bill,
      
      I suppose you did not (re-) run ./configure after updating to the
      latest svn or git update?
      
      There is also a make target that does it: 
      
      make SVNUP
    
    Best Regards,
    Jürgen

On 3/27/21 8:33 PM, Bill Heagy wrote:

> On debian
>       32-bit:
>       
>       
>       make
>       
>       [.....]
>       
>       mv -f .deps/apl-LvalCell.Tpo .deps/apl-LvalCell.Po
>       
>       g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..    -Wall -I sql -I
>       /home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk     -I/usr/include     -g -O2 -I
>       /home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk -MT apl-Macro.o -MD -MP -MF
>       .deps/apl-Macro.Tpo -c -o apl-Macro.o `test -f 'Macro.cc' || echo
>       './'`Macro.cc
>       
>       mv -f .deps/apl-Macro.Tpo .deps/apl-Macro.Po
>       
>       g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..    -Wall -I sql -I
>       /home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk     -I/usr/include     -g -O2 -I
>       /home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk -MT apl-Missing_Libraries.o -MD -MP
>       -MF .deps/apl-Missing_Libraries.Tpo -c -o apl-Missing_Libraries.o
>       `test -f 'Missing_Libraries.cc' || echo './'`Missing_Libraries.cc
>       
>       Missing_Libraries.cc: In function ‘Token missing_files(const
>       char*, const char**, const char**, const char**)’:
>       
>       Missing_Libraries.cc:90:13: error: ‘CONFIGURE_ARGS’ was not
>       declared in this scope
>       
>          90 | "      " << CONFIGURE_ARGS << "\n\n";
>       
>             |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       
>       make[3]: *** [Makefile:4331: apl-Missing_Libraries.o] Error 1
>       
>       make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>       
>       mv -f .deps/apl-Nabla.Tpo .deps/apl-Nabla.Po
>       
>       make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk/src'
>       
>       make[2]: *** [Makefile:5331: all-recursive] Error 1
>       
>       make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk/src'
>       
>       make[1]: *** [Makefile:541: all-recursive] Error 1
>       
>       make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/wheagy/tmp/apl_svn/trunk'
>       
>       make: *** [Makefile:429: all] Error 2
>       
>       
>       
>       On 3/27/21 3:00 PM, Dr. Jürgen Sauermann wrote:
>       
> > Hi Chris,
> >         
> >         
> >         it is generally OK to get "*** current directory is not a svn
> >         checkout: keeping
> >         
> >         old buildtag"
> >         
> >         if you fetch GNU APL with anything other than SVN, e.g. with git
> >         clone or by
> >         
> >         unpacking a tar
> >         
> >         file. At least as long as you don't switch back-and-forth
> >         between SVN and git
> >         
> >         with the same
> >         
> >         checkout directory.
> >         
> >         
> >         However, the fallback file that was used below was incorrect
> >         because I had
> >         
> >         forgotten to "git add"
> >         
> >         the buildtag.hh (typical mistake of SVN users where this is
> >         automatic).
> >         
> >         Therefore you got your own last
> >         
> >         buildtag (*1410M* from the savannah SVN) instead of my last
> >         buildtag (*17930*).
> >         
> >         
> >         This should be fixed now.
> >         
> >         
> >         Best Regards,
> >         
> >         Jürgen
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         On 3/27/21 6:54 PM, Chris Moller wrote:
> >         
> > > Works as well on Fedora release 33,
> > >           Linux 5.10.17-100.fc32.x86_64 #1 SMP
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           I don't know if it's significant, but I used git clone to pull
> > >           down the source code for 1449 and that results in a
> > >           ./configure message of:
> > >           
> > >           
> > >               *** current directory is not a svn checkout: keeping old
> > >           buildtag
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           and an `apl --version` of
> > >           
> > >           
> > >               BUILDTAG:
> > >           
> > >               ---------
> > >           
> > >                   Project:        GNU APL
> > >           
> > >                   Version / SVN:  1.8 / 1410M
> > >           
> > >                   Build Date:     2021-01-19 19:59:14 UTC
> > >           
> > >                   Build OS:       Linux 4.15.0-123-generic x86_64
> > >           
> > >                   config.status:  '--enable-maintainer-mode'
> > >           'DEVELOP_WANTED=yes'
> > >           
> > >                   Archive SVN:    1406
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           
> > >           On 3/27/21 1:14 PM, Blake McBride wrote:
> > >           
> > > > Builds fine on my 64-bit LinuxMint
> > > >             19.3 box.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             Thanks!
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             Blake
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >             On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 12:04 PM Dr. Jürgen Sauermann
> > > >             <mail@jürgen-sauermann.de
> > > >             <mailto:mail@j%C3%BCrgen-sauermann.de>> wrote:
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 Hi,
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 as some of you have noticed, I made some changes to the
> > > >             GNU APL build system.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 Some of these changes were simplifications of the build
> > > >             system (some
> > > >             
> > > >                 automatically
> > > >             
> > > >                 generated .cc and .hh files like *configure_args.cc* are
> > > >             gone for good),
> > > >             
> > > >                 while other changes
> > > >             
> > > >                  were needed to support Autoconf VPATH builds. Also all
> > > >             files generated
> > > >             
> > > >                 by ./configure
> > > >             
> > > >                 now stored in the top-level directory so that the
> > > >             subdirectory *src*
> > > >             
> > > >                 (which is shared by all
> > > >             
> > > >                 VPATH builds) is no longer muddied with ./configure
> > > >             results.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 The purpose of VPATH builds is to be able to build
> > > >             several ./configure
> > > >             
> > > >                 variants in
> > > >             
> > > >                 parallel. Different VPATH builds are needed to discover
> > > >             build problems,
> > > >             
> > > >                 in particular with
> > > >             
> > > >                 rarely used ./configure variants before these problems
> > > >             are committed to
> > > >             
> > > >                 the savannah
> > > >             
> > > >                 SVN server.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 There could still be glitches in the new build
> > > >             structure, so please keep
> > > >             
> > > >                 reporting
> > > >             
> > > >                 them.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 SVN *1449*.
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >                 Best Regards,
> > > >             
> > > >                 Jürgen
> > > >             
> > > >             
> > > >           
> > >           
> > >         
> >         
> >       
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