[Bug: 21.5-b27] Compilation problems on Solaris 5.9

Rob McMahon Rob.McMahon at warwick.ac.uk
Wed Jul 26 11:51:04 EDT 2006


================================================================
Dear Bug Team!

A couple of problems occurred while compiling 21.5.27.  First `src/sunpro.c'
fails with:

cc -c -v -g  -fast  -Demacs -I. -I/home/unit/cu/dcv/src/x11/xemacs-21.5.27/src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/dt/include -I/usr/openwin/include -I/usr/sfw/include -I/opt/sfw/include -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/gnu/include -I/usr/local/X11/include -I/usr/openwin/include sunpro.c
"sunpro.c", line 109: EOF in argument list of macro: DEFUN
"sunpro.c", line 42: syntax error before or at: "ut-log-text"
"sunpro.c", line 42: syntax error before or at: 1
"sunpro.c", line 52: warning: undefined or missing type for: Lisp_Object
"sunpro.c", line 52: warning: old-style declaration or incorrect type for: DEFUN
"sunpro.c", line 52: cannot recover from previous errors
cc: acomp failed for sunpro.c
make: *** [sunpro.o] Error 2

This patch fixes the problem:

===================================================================
RCS file: sunpro.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 sunpro.c
--- sunpro.c	2006/07/26 15:18:54	1.1
+++ sunpro.c	2006/07/26 15:43:11
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #else
        (int UNUSED (nargs), Lisp_Object *UNUSED (args))
 #endif
+)
 {
 #ifdef USAGE_TRACKING
   Lisp_Object xs;


================================================================

Having got past that, compilation still fails with:

cc -c -v -g  -fast  -Demacs -I. -I/home/unit/cu/dcv/src/x11/xemacs-21.5.27/src -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I/usr/dt/include -I/usr/openwin/include -I/usr/sfw/include -I/opt/sfw/include -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/gnu/include -I/usr/local/X11/include -I/usr/openwin/include sunpro.c
cc -v -g  -fast   -L/usr/dt/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -L/opt/sfw/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/gnu/lib -L/usr/local/X11/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -R/usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/sfw/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/gnu/lib:/usr/local/X11/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib  -o temacs  abbrev.o alloc.o alloca.o balloon_help.o balloon-x.o blocktype.o buffer.o bytecode.o callint.o casefiddle.o casetab.o chartab.o filelock.o cmdloop.o cmds.o  console.o console-stream.o data.o database.o debug.o tests.o device.o dired.o doc.o doprnt.o dynarr.o editfns.o elhash.o emacs.o emodules.o eval.o events.o event-stream.o event-unixoid.o unexsol2-6.o dragdrop.o input-method-motif.o terminfo.o extents.o faces.o file-coding.o fileio.o  filemode.o floatfns.o fns.o font-lock.o frame.o gc.o general.o dgif_lib.o gif_io.o glyphs.o glyphs-eimage.o glyphs-shared.o glyphs-widget.o    gui.o menubar.o scrollbar.o dialog.o toolbar.o gutter.!
 o hash.o imgproc.o indent.o insdel.o intl.o keymap.o  line-number.o  lread.o lstream.o   macros.o marker.o md5.o minibuf.o   mule-ccl.o mule-charset.o mule-coding.o    objects.o opaque.o  print.o process.o process-unix.o profile.o rangetab.o realpath.o redisplay.o redisplay-output.o regex.o search.o select.o  sysdll.o signal.o sound.o specifier.o strftime.o sunpro.o symbols.o syntax.o sysdep.o text.o tooltalk.o console-tty.o device-tty.o event-tty.o frame-tty.o objects-tty.o redisplay-tty.o cm.o undo.o unicode.o console-x.o device-x.o event-Xt.o frame-x.o glyphs-x.o objects-x.o redisplay-x.o select-x.o xgccache.o intl-x.o gui-x.o menubar-x.o scrollbar-x.o dialog-x.o toolbar-x.o toolbar-common.o widget.o window.o  lastfile.o gmalloc.o vm-limit.o ralloc.o EmacsFrame.o EmacsShell.o TopLevelEmacsShell.o TransientEmacsShell.o EmacsManager.o     ../lwlib/liblw.a  -lXm -ltiff -lpng -ljpeg -lz -lcompface -lXpm -lDtSvc -ltt -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11 -lSM -lICE -lgdbm -lncurses -lintl !
 -lsocket -lnsl -lelf -lgen -ldl 
Undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
pow                                 floatfns.o  (symbol belongs to implicit dependency /lib/libm.so.1)
... line repeated for acos, asin, stan, cosh, sinh, tanh, atan2 ...
atan2                               floatfns.o  (symbol belongs to implicit dependency /lib/libm.so.1)
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs
make: *** [temacs] Error 1

Adding `-lm' to the link line fixes that.  I now appear to have a working
xemacs.

Cheers,

Rob

-- 
E-Mail:	Rob.McMahon at warwick.ac.uk		PHONE:  +44 24 7652 3037
Rob McMahon, IT Services, Warwick University, Coventry, CV4 7AL, England


System Info to help track down your bug:
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uname -a: SunOS azalea 5.9 Generic_118559-21 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

./configure '--prefix=/usr/local/xemacs' '--with-compiler=cc' '--with-cflags=-fast' '--with-gcc=no' '--with-site-libraries=/usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib /usr/sfw/lib /opt/sfw/lib /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/X11/lib' '--with-site-runtime-libraries=/usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib /usr/sfw/lib /opt/sfw/lib /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/X11/lib' '--with-site-includes=/usr/dt/include /usr/openwin/include /usr/sfw/include /opt/sfw/include /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include /usr/local/include /usr/local/gnu/include /usr/local/X11/include' '--with-dialogs=motif' '--with-dragndrop' '--with-tooltalk' '-with-workshop' '--with-mule=yes' '--with-xpm=yes' '--with-sound=nonas' '--with-error-checking=none' '--with-png=yes'


XEmacs 21.5-b27 "fiddleheads"  configured for `i386-pc-solaris2.9'.

Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults:
  Source code location:              /home/unit/cu/dcv/src/x11/xemacs-21.5.27
  Installation prefix:               /usr/local/xemacs
  Additional header files:           /usr/dt/include /usr/openwin/include /usr/sfw/include /opt/sfw/include /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/include /usr/local/include /usr/local/gnu/include /usr/local/X11/include
  Additional libraries:              /usr/dt/lib /usr/openwin/lib /usr/sfw/lib /opt/sfw/lib /usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib /usr/local/lib /usr/local/gnu/lib /usr/local/X11/lib
  Runtime library search path:       /usr/dt/lib:/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/sfw/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/gnu/lib:/usr/local/X11/lib
  Operating system description file: `s/sol2.h'
  Machine description file:          `m/intel386.h'
  Compiler version:                  cc: Sun C 5.8 Patch 121016-02 2006/03/31
    - Compiler command:              cc  -v -g  -fast
  libc version:                      SUNWcsl 11.9.0,REV=2002.11.04.02.51
  Relocating allocator for buffers:  yes
  GNU version of malloc:             yes

Window System:
  Compiling in support for the X window system:
    - X Windows headers location:                 /usr/openwin/include
    - X Windows libraries location:               /usr/openwin/lib
    - Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
  Compiling in support for Motif.
  *WARNING*  Many versions of Motif are buggy, requiring workarounds.
             You are likely to experience slow redisplay.
             You may need to install vendor patches to Motif.
             See PROBLEMS for more information.
  Using Lucid menubars.
  Using Lucid scrollbars.
  Using Motif dialog boxes.
  Using Motif native widgets.
  Compiling in support for Drag'n'Drop (EXPERIMENTAL).
    -  Drag'n'Drop prototype:                              CDE.

TTY:
  Compiling in support for ncurses.

Images:
  Compiling in support for GIF  images (builtin).
  Compiling in support for XPM  images.
  Compiling in support for PNG  images.
  Compiling in support for JPEG images.
  Compiling in support for TIFF images.
  Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.

Sound:

Databases:
  Compiling in support for GNU DBM.

Internationalization:
  Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
  Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
    - Using Motif to provide XIM support.

Mail:
  Compiling in support for "file" mail spool file locking method.

Other Features:
  Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
  Compiling in support for ToolTalk.
  Compiling in support for Sun WorkShop.
  Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
  Using the new GC mark algorithms (KKCC).
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  WARNING: The new algorithms are experimental. They are enabled by
  WARNING: default for this release. Use `--disable-kkcc' to
  WARNING: turn it off.
  WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
  Compiling in support for extra debugging code.



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/usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/xemacs-base/easy-mmode
/home/unit/cu/dcv/src/x11/xemacs-21.5.27/lisp/easy-mmode
/usr/local/xemacs/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/build/build-report
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xslt-process-autoloads xslide-autoloads xlib-autoloads xetla-autoloads
xemacs-devel-autoloads xemacs-base-autoloads x-symbol-autoloads w3-autoloads
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sieve-autoloads sh-script-autoloads sgml-autoloads semantic-autoloads
scheme-autoloads sasl-autoloads ruby-modes-autoloads rmail-autoloads
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Selecting menu item Q2.4.1...





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