Thanks for the replies. Tom: I have glibc-devel version 2.5 installed already.
Todd: I have also tried passing a directory to extconf ( --with-mlib=/lib/) but still no luck. On Jan 13, 2008 12:34 AM, Tom Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Nick Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to build libxml-ruby on Fedora Core 6, but get the following > > errors: > > > > bash-3.1# ruby extconf.rb --with-zlib-dir=/usr/lib64/ > > --with-zlib-include=/usr/include/bzlib.h --with-mlib=/lib/libm.so.6 > > checking for socket() in -lsocket... no > > checking for gethostbyname() in -lnsl... no > > checking for atan() in -l/lib/libm.so.6... no > > checking for atan() in -l/lib/libm.so.6... no > > extconf failure: need libm > > *** extconf.rb failed *** > > Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of > > necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more > > details. You may need configuration options. > > > > > > I've tried with all the different libm directories I can find using # > > locate libm (/lib /lib64 /usr/lib /usr/lib64)- but I keep getting this > > error. I guess this is a problem with some compiler flags, but don't > > really know where to start. > > Make sure you've got the glibc-devel package installed - that should > be all you need to build against libm on Fedora. > > Tom > > -- > Tom Hughes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.compton.nu/ > > _______________________________________________ > libxml-devel mailing list > libxml-devel@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel > -- Nick Black -------------------------------- http://www.blacksworld.net _______________________________________________ libxml-devel mailing list libxml-devel@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/libxml-devel
