Kevin Horton wrote: > I'm the maintainer for the xephem package. A user (Joe) has reported > a problem that I don't know how to troubleshoot. He also reports that: > > >> I WISH I could access the Fink mailing lists, but sourceforge had >> blocked my domain for some reason and that of my ISP. Neither party >> is willing to look into the matter. Ugh. >> > > So, I am posting a summary of his messages to me, in the hope that > someone can recommend what to try next. I will forward any ideas to > Joe. > > Joe is running OS X 10.4.9, on PPC. He reports that an attempt to > build xephem fails like: > > gcc -L../../libastro -L../../libip -L../../liblilxml -L../../libjpegd > -L../../libpng -L../../libz -g -L../../libXm/osx -L/usr/X11R6/lib -o > xephem aavso.o annotmenu.o broadcast.o calmenu.o closemenu.o > compiler.o coordsmenu.o datamenu.o db.o dbmenu.o earthmap.o > earthmenu.o fallbacks.o favmenu.o formats.o fsmenu.o gallerymenu.o > glance.o gsc.o gscnet.o helpmenu.o homeio.o hznmenu.o indimenu.o > imregmenu.o jpeg2pm.o jupmenu.o listmenu.o mainmenu.o marsmenu.o > marsmmenu.o moonmenu.o moviemenu.o msgmenu.o netmenu.o objmenu.o > obslog.o patchlevel.o plot_aux.o plotmenu.o preferences.o progress.o > ps.o query.o rotated.o satmenu.o saveres.o scope.o sites.o > skybinary.o skyeyep.o skyfifos.o skyfiltmenu.o skyfits.o skyhist.o > skyip.o skylist.o skytoolbar.o skyviewmenu.o solsysmenu.o splash.o > srchmenu.o sunmenu.o time.o tips.o trailmenu.o uranusmenu.o ucac.o > usno.o versionmenu.o webdbmenu.o xe2.o xe3.o xephem.o xmisc.o ../../ > libXm/osx/libXm.a -lXp -lXt -lXext -lXmu -lX11 -lastro -lip -llilxml - > ljpegd -lpng -lz -lm > /usr/bin/ld: table of contents for archive: ../../libXm/osx/libXm.a > is out of date; rerun ranlib(1) (can't load from it) > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make: *** [xephem] Error 1 > ### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.0.WkA5n5 failed, exit code 2 > Removing runtime build-lock... > Removing build-lock package... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-xephem-3.7.2-2 > (Reading database ... 6235 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing fink-buildlock-xephem-3.7.2-2 ... > Failed: phase compiling: xephem-3.7.2-2 failed > > dpkg -S reports that libXm.a is from the openmotif3 package, so I > requested that he move /usr/local aside (he has some non-Fink stuff > in there), and rebuild openmotif3. This did not solve the xephem > problem. > > However, I now note that the build error mentions ../../libXm/osx/ > libXm.a, while openmotif3 has /sw/lib/libXm.a. Different path. Now > I suspect that this complaint is about the xephem-3.7.2/libXm/osx/ > libXm.a that is in the xephem tarball (but not in the .deb). Just to > rule out the supposedly impossible possibility of something in the > xephem tarball having changed, while still having the correct MD5, I > deleted my xephem tarball and tried again. It still builds OK for me > with a freshly downloaded xephem tarball, on PPC. > > Joe had other problems with his fink installation, so he deleted the > whole thing, reinstalled from binary, but the xephem build problem > remains the same. > > I would greatly appreciate any ideas on how to troubleshoot this > problem. > > Thanks, > > Kevin Horton > Ottawa, Canada > > > > I wasn't able to reproduce the issue on either my clean or full setups. I've posted my build log on my "log blog":
http://akhmac.blogdns.net/~hansen/finklogs/fink-build-log_xephem_3.7.2-2_2007.06.13-22.20.24 -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink User Liaison/Documenter akh AT finkproject DOT org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
