Re: FTBFS: xorg monolithic xserver

[Barry deFreese]

M. Gerards wrote:

> Quoting bddebian@comcast.net:
>
>  
>
> > OK, I pulled down the monolithic sources for xserver to take a look at the
> > gnu.cf file for the modular stuff.
> >
> > Just for kicks, I tried to build it and recieved the following error:
> >
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/src/bdefreese/xc'
> > cd ./config/imake && make -w -f Makefile.ini BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS="" CC="cc"
> > make[2]: Entering directory `/src/bdefreese/xc/config/imake'
> > making imake with BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS= and CROSSCOMPILEFLAGS=-DCROSSCOMPILEDIR=""
> > in config/imake
> > cc -o ccimake -DCROSSCOMPILEDIR=\"\"  -O -I../../include
> > -I../../imports/x11/include/X11 ccimake.c
> > if [ -n "" ] ; then \
> > /cc -E `./ccimake` \
> > -DCROSSCOMPILE_CPP imakemdep.h > imakemdep_cpp.h; \
> > else touch imakemdep_cpp.h; fi
> > cc -c  -O -I../../include -I../../imports/x11/include/X11 `./ccimake`
> > imake.c
> > cc -o imake  -O -I../../include -I../../imports/x11/include/X11 imake.o
> > make[2]: Leaving directory `/src/bdefreese/xc/config/imake'
> > rm -f ./config/makedepend/Makefile.proto
> > ./config/imake/imake -I./config/cf  -s ./config/makedepend/Makefile.proto -f
> > ./config/makedepend/Imakefile -DTOPDIR=../.. -DCURDIR=./config/makedepend
> > In file included from config/cf/Imake.tmpl:105,
> >                 from Imakefile.c:14:
> > config/cf/gnu.cf:108: no macro name given in #ifndef directive
> > ./config/imake/imake: Exit code 1.
> >  Stop.
> > make[1]: *** [config/makedepend/Makefile.proto] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/src/bdefreese/xc'
> > make: *** [World] Error 2
> >    
>
> The problem is in:
>
> #ifndef
> #define CppCmd                  /lib/cpp
> #endif
>
> This should be changed into:
>
> #ifndef CppCmd
> #define CppCmd                  /lib/cpp
> #endif
>
> There are some other problems you will encounter.  There is one problem
> when using pthreads.  When compiling Xorg, you will get some errors
> in the pthread header files of the Hurd.  Robert made a patch for this,
> but perhaps this is not the right solution to this problem.
>
> Can you have a close look at gnu.cf, a lot of stuff changed here and I do not 
> know if it all makes sense.  I think it does not.
>
> --
> Marco
>
>  
OK.  So adding this fix from Marco, and clearing a little room on the 
old fs, I was able to build X.

The strange thing is, is that I have no startx, X, xinit, etc???  I am 
going to try to re-make tonight dumping to a log to see if I catch any 
errors but it ain't making much sense.. :-(


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Barry deFreese
Debian 3.0r1 "Woody"
GNU/Hurd
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