Re: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:29:30 -0400 Dave Nebinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the words: LDFLAGS typically come in the -llib and -Lpath variety and are used to ensure that additional libraries and paths are included in the link phase. You typically won't need to add these (which is probably why there is little if any reference in the gentoo doc). Obviously there are more uses for LDFLAGS, but those above are used the most. If you do need them you can set up your environment variables before doing the make process. You can also use them on the command line ala LDFLAGS=-llib make, etc. Am I doing this correctly? Because it's not working Sun Sep 04 09:42:47 /var/tmp/portage/pixie-1.4.1-r1/work/Pixie root $ ./configure LDFLAGS=-llib make --prefix=/usr/local configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking for make-gcc... no checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. Thanks, Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
If I replace the pixie emerged by portage does that mess up anything as far as portage is concerned? Well, other than if an upgrade comes through emerge --update world would try to overwrite what you install. Otherwise portage will think it's in there. I have one more dumb question. What man page do I read to understand how to use LDFLAGS? I was thinking this was a variable in make.conf however I just read the man page for make.conf and I see that it is not documented there. Also looked around at gentoo.org documentation, but didn't find anything that helps yet. LDFLAGS typically come in the -llib and -Lpath variety and are used to ensure that additional libraries and paths are included in the link phase. You typically won't need to add these (which is probably why there is little if any reference in the gentoo doc). Obviously there are more uses for LDFLAGS, but those above are used the most. If you do need them you can set up your environment variables before doing the make process. You can also use them on the command line ala LDFLAGS=-llib make, etc. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:15:33 -0400 Dave Nebinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the words: pixie: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libdpstk.so.0: undefined symbol: DPSDefaultErrorProc A google search for libdpstk indicates that this is a core library for x11 with some references to it being obsolete. I've got one for my xorg-x11 install, so it must not be too obsolete... A google search for DPSDefaultErrorProc brought back a pointer to the header file xc/include/DPS/dpsclient.h which seems to indicate that DPSDefaultErrorProc is the default error handler for postscript error reporting. Being that it's the default, it definitely should be in the libs... Using the nm tool with find, I see that the DPSDefaultErrorProc is marked as undefined in libdpstk.so, but appears to be defined in libdps.so. So it would appear that you have some sort of linking issue going on... For a quick fix I'd suggest trying to build pixie manually and ensure that you include a -ldps in your LDFLAGS. Whether it's a bug or not in the ebuild I couldn't venture to guess. Hi Dave -- thanks for the response. I'm not sure I understand it all, but I understand enough to get me started and do some testing. One question however, when you say to build pixie manually, what do you mean by building it manually? Is that different from emerge pixie ?? If you could clarify for me I would be most grateful. Thanks much. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
Hi Dave -- thanks for the response. I'm not sure I understand it all, but I understand enough to get me started and do some testing. One question however, when you say to build pixie manually, what do you mean by building it manually? Is that different from emerge pixie Yeah. Basically you do the following: 1. get the tarball either from the home site or /usr/portage/distfiles to your home directory. Usually if I'm going to do a manual build I grab the latest stable distribution from the home site. 2. extract the tarball then cd into the directory. 3. Run the configure script, but you have two options: a) use ./configure --prefix=/usr to replace the pixie that portage emerged or b) use ./configure --prefix=/usr/local to get a clean local copy. 4. Build using the make command. 5. At this point you can test in the local directory to see if it works. 6. If you're happy with the build, su then make install. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 08:51:23 -0400 Dave Nebinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the words: Hi Dave -- thanks for the response. I'm not sure I understand it all, but I understand enough to get me started and do some testing. One question however, when you say to build pixie manually, what do you mean by building it manually? Is that different from emerge pixie Yeah. Basically you do the following: 1. get the tarball either from the home site or /usr/portage/distfiles to your home directory. Usually if I'm going to do a manual build I grab the latest stable distribution from the home site. 2. extract the tarball then cd into the directory. 3. Run the configure script, but you have two options: a) use ./configure --prefix=/usr to replace the pixie that portage emerged or b) use ./configure --prefix=/usr/local to get a clean local copy. 4. Build using the make command. 5. At this point you can test in the local directory to see if it works. 6. If you're happy with the build, su then make install. Oh, duh... I have done an ./configure make make install since I started using Gentoo. How soon we forget. Actually it was just a terminology problem of me not grasping what you said. If I replace the pixie emerged by portage does that mess up anything as far as portage is concerned? I expect there is something out there about my question. I'll have to go looking when I have time. I'll probably try your suggestions this weekend. Much too busy at the moment to play with this right now. I have one more dumb question. What man page do I read to understand how to use LDFLAGS? I was thinking this was a variable in make.conf however I just read the man page for make.conf and I see that it is not documented there. Also looked around at gentoo.org documentation, but didn't find anything that helps yet. Again, thank you very much for your time and assistance. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
Greetings; When I try to run pixie I get the following result: Wed Aug 31 06:23:19 ~ skippi $ pixie pixie: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libdpstk.so.0: undefined symbol: DPSDefaultErrorProc I tried to re-emerge pixie in order to see if that gave me any useful error messages. It emerged quite happily, no problem. I did a linux google search for this error message and found nothing at all, which strikes me as odd . . . Also checked the bug reports for anything on pixie and found nothing. I guessing (and guessing I am) the problem isn't with pixie, but with one of the libraries it needs. Is the thing to do find out which package libdpstk.so.0 is a part of and try to re-emerge that package? Any suggestions? Much thanks. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Pixie does not run.
pixie: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libdpstk.so.0: undefined symbol: DPSDefaultErrorProc A google search for libdpstk indicates that this is a core library for x11 with some references to it being obsolete. I've got one for my xorg-x11 install, so it must not be too obsolete... A google search for DPSDefaultErrorProc brought back a pointer to the header file xc/include/DPS/dpsclient.h which seems to indicate that DPSDefaultErrorProc is the default error handler for postscript error reporting. Being that it's the default, it definitely should be in the libs... Using the nm tool with find, I see that the DPSDefaultErrorProc is marked as undefined in libdpstk.so, but appears to be defined in libdps.so. So it would appear that you have some sort of linking issue going on... For a quick fix I'd suggest trying to build pixie manually and ensure that you include a -ldps in your LDFLAGS. Whether it's a bug or not in the ebuild I couldn't venture to guess. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
