Yes, this is an well-known problem already fixed in the next release.
Change utf8.cpp in this way:
#ifdef UTF8_ICONV_CAST_OK
(char**)(&src),
#else
(char**)(&src),
#endif
(Note the (char**) in the else statement).
Ton Verhagen wrote:
> Pavel,
>
> Thanks for your prompt reply. I forgot the gcc-c++ package. However,
> after installling that one I get another error when running make:
>
> Last couple of lines from make
> ---------------------------------------------
> rm -f .libs/utf8.lo
> c++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../autocfg -g -O2 -c utf8.cpp -fPIC
> -DPIC -o .libs/utf8.lo
> utf8.cpp: In function `int utf8Recode (char *, const char *,
> Encoding)':
> utf8.cpp:274: cannot convert `const char **' to `char **' for argument
> `2' to `iconv (void *, char **, size_t *, char **, size_t *)'
> make[2]: *** [utf8.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/usr/ton/xml/Sablot-0.50/Sablot/engine'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/usr/ton/xml/Sablot-0.50/Sablot'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> Make stops here
>
> What to do?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Ton
>
> At 10:56 AM 2/7/01 +0100, you wrote:
>
>> Ton,
>>
>> it doesn't look like a Sablotron problem, but GCC one.
>>
>> Strange thing is, that configure decides to use gcc as an c++ compiler
>> (g++ would be much much better).
>>
>> The default compiler brought by RH 7.0 is OK, newer version shouldn't
>> make anything wrong.
>>
>> Did you install gcc-c++ package?
>>
>> What about your CXX environment?
>>
>> Pavel
>>
>> Ton Verhagen wrote:
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> I encountered some problems with the installation of Sablotron 0.50.
>>> According to the installation directions one would need gcc-2.95.2 or
>>> higher. So I installed gcc-2.96-54-i386.rpm on a RedHat 7.0 system.
>>> After issuing ./configure the configuration stops (see output at end
>>> of this message)
>>> Error message: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>>> What could be wrong? Doesn't Sablotron support gcc-2.96?
>>> Any help is much appreciated, as we would like to be using Sablotron
>>> soon.
>>> Thanks a lot for your kind cooperation.
>>> Ton Verhagen
>>>
>>>
>>> Output from ./configure
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> creating cache ./config.cache
>>> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>>> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
>>> checking for working aclocal... found
>>> checking for working autoconf... found
>>> checking for working automake... found
>>> checking for working autoheader... found
>>> checking for working makeinfo... found
>>> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
>>> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
>>> checking for ranlib... ranlib
>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
>>> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
>>> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>>> checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
>>> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
>>> checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
>>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
>>> updating cache ./config.cache
>>> checking for object suffix... o
>>> checking for executable suffix... no
>>> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
>>> checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
>>> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
>>> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
>>> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
>>> checking if gcc static flag -static works... -static
>>> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
>>> checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared
>>> libraries... yes
>>> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
>>> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
>>> checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
>>> checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so
>>> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
>>> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
>>> checking whether to build static libraries... yes
>>> checking for objdir... .libs
>>> creating libtool
>>> loading cache ./config.cache
>>> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) works... yes
>>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... no
>>> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
>>> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
>>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>>> checking for c++... no
>>> checking for g++... no
>>> checking for gcc... gcc
>>> checking whether the C++ compiler (gcc ) works... no
>>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
>>> cannot create executables.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Pavel Hlavnicka
>> Ginger Alliance Ltd.
>> Prague; Czech Republic
--
Pavel Hlavnicka
Ginger Alliance Ltd.
Prague; Czech Republic
