[gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[Alain Didierjean]

I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that informative message:

* Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:

 * ERROR: media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2 failed (compile phase):
 *   (no error message)
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line  93:  Called src_compile
 *   environment, line 2069:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LOCAL_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" CDEBUGFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" USRLIBDIR=/usr/$(get_libdir) || die
 * 

So:
- known bug ?
- tip available ?
or should I fill a bug report ?

Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[Hinnerk van Bruinehsen]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:20:02PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote:
> I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that informative message:
> 
> * Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:
> 
>  * ERROR: media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2 failed (compile phase):
>  *   (no error message)
>  * 
>  * Call stack:
>  *     ebuild.sh, line  93:  Called src_compile
>  *   environment, line 2069:  Called die
>  * The specific snippet of code:
>  *       emake CC="$(tc-getCC)" LOCAL_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" CDEBUGFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" USRLIBDIR=/usr/$(get_libdir) || die
>  * 
> 
> So:
> - known bug ?
> - tip available ?
> or should I fill a bug report ?

First you should post the error itself, not just the portage report that
the build failed. You should find ir in
/var/tmp/portage/media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2/temp/build.log
If you cannot isolate the error yourself you could send the entire build
log (or upload it to some paste-site).

After you did that we could try to figure out, what exactly the error is
(and maybe help you).
Otherwise you could file a bugreport (where you should attach the
build.log nonetheless)

WKR
Hinnerk

Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[Peter Weilbacher]

On 2012-11-27 12:34, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:20:02PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote:
>> I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that 
>> informative message:
>>
>> * Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:
[...]
>> So:
>> - known bug ?
>> - tip available ?
>> or should I fill a bug report ?

[...]

> Otherwise you could file a bugreport (where you should attach the
> build.log nonetheless)

There is <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405475>.
    Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[Alain Didierjean]

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Peter Weilbacher" <newsspam@weilbacher.org>
> À: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Envoyé: Vendredi 30 Novembre 2012 09:54:07
> Objet: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
> 
> On 2012-11-27 12:34, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:20:02PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote:
> >> I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that
> >> informative message:
> >>
> >> * Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:
> [...]
> >> So:
> >> - known bug ?
> >> - tip available ?
> >> or should I fill a bug report ?
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Otherwise you could file a bugreport (where you should attach the
> > build.log nonetheless)
> 
> There is <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405475>.
>     Peter.

Thanks, Peter, I'll check that.
As for you, Hinnerk, your method is OK, but as for me, when that type of problem arises, I first check on this list if it is a known problem, eventually with a work around. Then I check for an existing bug report, then I fill abug report if necessary. 

Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile

[Alain Didierjean]

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Alain Didierjean" <alain.didierjean@free.fr>
> À: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Envoyé: Vendredi 30 Novembre 2012 10:00:27
> Objet: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Mail original -----
> > De: "Peter Weilbacher" <newsspam@weilbacher.org>
> > À: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Envoyé: Vendredi 30 Novembre 2012 09:54:07
> > Objet: Re: [gentoo-user] xfig won't compile
> > 
> > On 2012-11-27 12:34, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:20:02PM +0100, Alain Didierjean wrote:
> > >> I cannot emerge xfig. Both versions (amd64 & ~amd64) return that
> > >> informative message:
> > >>
> > >> * Messages for package media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5b-r2:
> > [...]
> > >> So:
> > >> - known bug ?
> > >> - tip available ?
> > >> or should I fill a bug report ?
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Otherwise you could file a bugreport (where you should attach the
> > > build.log nonetheless)
> > 
> > There is <https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405475>.
> >     Peter.
> 
> Thanks, Peter, I'll check that.
> As for you, Hinnerk, your method is OK, but as for me, when that type
> of problem arises, I first check on this list if it is a known
> problem, eventually with a work around. Then I check for an existing
> bug report, then I fill abug report if necessary.
> 

As a conclusion: the link provided by Peter lead to the description of the bug I had noticed and to a quick and dirty patch allowing me to print a big fat LyX document with a lot of .fig figures, urgently needed by my students. Can I ask for anything more ?