[Libosinfo] Can't build due to ld option --no-undefined

[Fabiano Fidêncio]

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Programmingkid
<programmingkidx at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On May 11, 2016, at 9:56 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Programmingkid
>> <programmingkidx at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 11, 2016, at 2:27 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Programmingkid
>>>> <programmingkidx at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> On May 10, 2016, at 5:06 PM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
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>>>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Programmingkid
>>>>>> <programmingkidx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> When I try to build libosinfo-0.3.0, I see this error message: ld: unknown option: --no-undefined. What is the gcc version requirement for libosinfo 0.3.0? I am currently using gcc 4.2.1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems the same as reported here:
>>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305016
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>>>>>> Are you building on OSX?
>>>>> Yes. Mac OS 10.6.
>>>>>
>>>>>> If yes, can you try the attached patch there?
>>>>>
>>>>> It does allow me to go past the configure stage, but during the make stage, I see this error:
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>>>>> n file included from ../osinfo/osinfo_os.h:30,
>>>>>                from ../osinfo/osinfo.h:55,
>>>>>                from osinfo_avatar_format.c:28:
>>>>> ../osinfo/osinfo_media.h:68: error: redefinition of typedef 'OsinfoMedia'
>>>>> ../osinfo/osinfo_install_script.h:43: error: previous declaration of 'OsinfoMedia' was here
>>>>> make[3]: *** [libosinfo_1_0_la-osinfo_avatar_format.lo] Error 1
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>>>> Firstly, can you check if it also occurs with upstream code?
>>>> Our code is hosted here: https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo/ and
>>>> you can checkout our repo by:
>>>> https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo.git
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> --
>>>> Fabiano Fidêncio
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>>> I went to the gitlab page and downloaded the zip file. The file's name is libosinfo-master-c4d379042f57f0512ba3fb5fea2109acc941b460. When I went to "configure" libosinfo, an error said the configure command could not be found. How do I start building this code?
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>> ./autogen.sh
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> Thanks for the help. After installing gnome-common 3.18.0, I ran ./autogen.sh. It says to run make. When I do it looks like the configure script runs over and over again in an infinite loop. I see "checking" a lot. Here is an example:
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> cd . && /bin/sh /Users/me/Desktop/libosinfo-master-c4d379042f57f0512ba3fb5fea2109acc941b460/build-aux/missing automake-1.15 --foreign
> CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/sh /Users/me/Desktop/libosinfo-master-c4d379042f57f0512ba3fb5fea2109acc941b460/build-aux/missing autoconf
> /bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
> running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/sh /bin/sh ./configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig --no-create --no-recursion
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
> checking whether UID '501' is supported by ustar format... yes
> checking whether GID '20' is supported by ustar format... yes
> checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
> checking for gcc... gcc

I can't tell for sure what's going on ... but if what you're trying to
achieve is just test that patch I pointed to you, why not backporting
it?

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Fabiano Fidêncio