[gobolinux-users] Freshen

[Tom Connell]

Michael Homer wrote:
> It's possible that there is a problem between two. Most likely,
> Compile as called from Freshen isn't picking up the environment
> variables properly - if you're running as non-root, it calls Compile
> through sudo, which does clean out the environment. That said, I've
> never had that problem running through sudo.
>   
Yes as you note below I am running Compile in a root shell.
> However, I don't think that's your problem, because I recall you
> running as actual root. I'm really not sure how to debug that, though.
> What's the output of «ruby -e 'system("env|grep PKG")'»? I don't
> suppose you saved the configure.log either, but if it comes up again,
> do. It'll be in /F/C/S/foo-1.2/configure.log. And then try Compile Foo
> again independently, which will hopefully work.
>   
root at GoboLinux ~]ruby -e 'system("env|grep PKG")'
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/System/Links/Libraries/pkgconfig
> It is also possible that contamination from previous Compile calls
> caused problems; I don't know whether Compile -b deletes the source
> directory or not. That would still be a symptom of an earlier problem
> though.
>
> I will do some testing tomorrow and try to reproduce your errors. If
> I'm able to do that I should be able to fix them. If not, they may be
> caused by your system's odd state, which I probably won't be able to
> track down without more help than you'd be able to give (as in, you'd
> have to edit the scripts). Hopefully I'll be able to duplicate the
> scenario.
>   
OK
>>  Compile has just failed problem now is:
>>
>>  grep: /System/Links/Libraries//libxcb-xlib.la: No such
>> file or directory
>>  /System/Links/Executables/sed: can't read
>> /System/Links/Libraries//libxcb-xlib.la: No such file or
>> directory
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>>  root at GoboLinux ~]ls -l ?System/Links/Libraries/libxcb-xlib.la
>>  zsh: no matches found: ?System/Links/Libraries/libxcb-xlib.la
>>
>>  Maybe I am missing another dependancy??
>>     
> That's part of Xorg; it should be there. There appears to be a LibXCB
> recipe, and it's included in the Xorg meta-recipe, so it should be
> installed. Is it in the Xorg lib directory? If not, try recompiling -
> maybe it was missed out of the package somehow. What version of Xorg
> are you running? Do you have a newer version half-installed? ls -l
> /Programs/Xorg would be useful here.
>   
root at GoboLinux /Programs/Xorg]ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 248 2007-04-06 09:13 7.1
drwxrwxr-x 9 root root 248 2007-04-07 21:31 7.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   3 2007-04-06 12:22 Current -> 7.1
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  72 2007-04-06 09:13 Settings
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  16 2007-04-06 12:22 Variable -> /System/Variable
root at GoboLinux /Programs/Xorg]      

Xorg 7.2 was installed in a previous step in the Freshen run that it the 
Compile config failure
It is there, but not symlinked would freshen have backed it out?
> I do think that you should stop and re-read your emails before you
> send them so that you can see how they come off, and maybe decide to
> rephrase parts of them. Remember, everybody here's a volunteer, and
> they're trying to help you.
>   
Yes thats very true, my bad!! I used to get in lots of trouble over that 
when I was working! I tend to be a bit abrupt and not express myself 
clearly and often that is taken the wrong way!
> -Michael
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>   
Tom