Hi, Mick. On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 08:46:30PM +0100, Mick wrote: > On Saturday 23 April 2011 17:35:44 Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, Alan.
> > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:43:45AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > Apparently, though unproven, at 20:05 on Friday 22 April 2011, Alan > > > Mackenzie > > > did opine thusly: > > > > Hi, Gentoo. > > > > In my attempt to 'emerge --update --deep xfce4-meta', one sole > > > > package is refusing to build, namely pygtk. > > > > Its log file displays many (perhaps 100) error lines like: > > > > Could not write method AtkObject.get_attributes: No ArgType for > > > > AtkAttributeSet* > > > > . The command that caused all these errors was: > > > > libtool: compile: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. > > > > -I/usr/include/python2.6 -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread > > > > -I/usr/include/pygtk-2.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 > > > > -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -pthread -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 > > > > -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I./gtk > > > > -I/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/core/include -pthread > > > > -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 > > > > -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -O2 -pipe -march=athlon64 -Wall > > > > -fno-strict-aliasing -std=c9x -MT pango_la-pangomodule.lo -MD -MP -MF > > > > .deps/pango_la-pangomodule.Tpo -c pangomodule.c -fPIC -DPIC -o > > > > .libs/pango_la-pangomodule.o > > > > . If anybody knows how to fix this, or a more appropriate place > > > > to ask for help, please tell me. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > This one might be tricky. Here's a tip: include version numbers of > > > packages that are giving trouble, and whether you run stable, > > > testing or (god forbid!) a mixture - this can be rather important > > > in guiding one to what to do next (a process mostly defined by > > > instinct rather than by say reason) > > OK. As a relative newbie, I only run "stable". My system is giving > > me enough headaches as it is. > > > The error looks like an API break between pygtk and whatever > > > provides AtkObject. That is part of the gtk accessibility toolkit, > > > and the relevant files come out of a package called atk. > > > My first guess is that pygtk and atk are now out of sync on your > > > machine. Try this: > > > emerge -av1 atk > > > emerge -av1 pygtk > > > Post back if that doesn't work. > > Sadly, it didn't work. > > > Another tip: search bugs.gentoo.org first before posting - > > > oftentimes the problem is already known and reported on. In this > > > specific case however, I didn't find anything. > > OK. I managed to get the problem fixed, basically by trying > > everything, though I don't really understand what I did. This was my > > recipe: > > emerge --sync > > emerge --update --deep --newuse xfce4-meta > > , which updated libglade-2.6.4 and pygtk-2.22.0-r1 successfully. So > > thanks! > What do you get when you run: > # eselect python list Available Python interpreters: [1] python2.6 * [2] python2.7 [3] python3.1 > -- > Regards, > Mick -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
