On Monday 11 January 2016 21:25:16 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 11 January 2016 13:30:41 Brian wrote: > > On Mon 11 Jan 2016 at 13:16:07 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 11 January 2016 05:19:52 Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 08:39:17PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > running 99% wheezy, trying to build gEDA because whats in the > > > > > repos is very old. > > > > > > > > > > geda-gaf is refusing to autoconfig, gettext is 0.18.1-1.9, and > > > > > I need 0.18.2 or better. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a deb repo I can raid just for that? > > > > > > > > wheezy-backports > > > > > > I have that in /etc/apt/sources.list as > > > > > > deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main contrib > > > non-free > > > > > > Do I need to add another option word above to see 0.18.2? > > > > C'mon. At the very least you have > > > > https://packages.debian.org > > > > for what archives have and the wiki for telling you how to use > > backports. Help others to help you by helping yourself. > > Snotty attitudes don't cut it, and neither does that site. The search > engine is apparently set to scan for jessie(stable) only, or at least > it returns zero results for wheezy. And once you have used the search, > you cannot back out as the back button never takes you back to THAT > site. I quit iceweasel 3 times just so it could send it back to THAT > site to see if I could figure out how to use it to do a useful search. > > So unless you can offer real help, STFU and let someone else with less > of an attitude answer. > > My thanks to anyone with a helpful answer. > > I did find it eventually but its a whole version number newer, so I've > no clue if it will install. sudo dpkg I assume. And I am amazed, > dpkg had no complaints. > > So I re-ran geda-gaf's autogen.sh, getting this back at the end: > autopoint: *** The AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION declaration in your > configure.ac > file requires the infrastructure from gettext-0.18.2 > but this version > is older. Please upgrade to gettext-0.18.2 or newer. > autopoint: *** Stop. > > Older? 'scuse me, but, an "ldconfig -v|grep gettext" returns: > libgettextpo.so.0 -> libgettextpo.so.0.5.1 > libgettextlib-0.19.3.so -> libgettextlib-0.19.3.so > libgettextsrc-0.19.3.so -> libgettextsrc-0.19.3.so > > Something isn't matching, and the error is bogus? But thats a SWAG. > > ./configure has no problems, but make ends with a missing .h file. > Again exactly the same result as I got yesterday with > gettext-0.18.1-whatever. > > So, where do I go from here? I can't update to Jessie just yet since > LinuxCNC iso's for Jessie haven't been assembled yet. Its coming, but > likely not until after April. It helps now that Linus has announced > his own LTS kernel just this past week. Now our kernel folks know > what kernel they need to make compatible with the RTAI patchkit, and > vice versa of course. > > My thanks to anyone who can offer useful advice. I'd use eagle for > the current need, but that kit self-destructs quite often when updates > destroy any thought of being backward compatible with previously > composed work. > Gee, I just luv broken packages AND configure scripts. That error turned out to be autopoint was still at 0.18.1whatever. And autopoint is SUPPOSED to be part of GNU_gettext, but for some reason is packaged separately. The same apt-get syntax (thank you) that updated gettext, also worked for autopoint, so that error is gone, but the make bailed out for lack of a libgeda/colors.h. And that I don't believe is debian's problem.
There are no doubt, other things in wheezy-backports that synaptic isn't showing me despite having that defined in /etc/apt/sources.list. Maybe even updated gEDA packages I am trying to build since the wheezy versions cannot even interchange data files between gshem and pcb. How do I convince synaptic to show them to me? That certainly has to be easier that poking around the back of the donkey with a sharp stick trying to build the whole suite of programs that gEDA is. ;) Thank you all; Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>