newscache: Thread: Problems compiling newscache on FreeBSD4.7

I need help on figuring out what my problem is with compiling on
FreeBSD4.7.  I have tried to compile from FreeBSD ports and from the
newscache src.
 
I grabbed the source and tried to compile it, NewsCache-1.1.7.tar.gz.
It says I need socket++ so I grabbed socket++-1.12.7.tar.gz.  I'm having
problems compiling socket++.  Below is the problems I am encountering.
 
bash-2.05a$ ./autogen
libtoolize...
aclocal...
autoheader...
WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged.
 
WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and
WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without
WARNING: `acconfig.h':
 
WARNING:   AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1,
WARNING:             [Define if a function `main' is needed.])
 
WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the
WARNING: documentation.
configure.in:29: warning: do not use m4_patsubst: use patsubst or
m4_bpatsubst
configure.in:185: warning: do not use m4_regexp: use regexp or
m4_bregexp
autoheader: `socket++/config.h.in' is created
automake...
automake: configure.in: installing `./install-sh'
automake: configure.in: installing `./mkinstalldirs'
automake: configure.in: installing `./missing'
doc/Makefile.am:1: installing `doc/texinfo.tex'
automake: configure.in: installing `./depcomp'
autoconf...
Next run ./configure
Next run make

===============================================
 
bash-2.05a$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking dependency style of g++... gcc
checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.7
checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.7
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/libexec/elf/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/elf/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
loading cache /dev/null within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed

 
===============================================
Here is the output I get when doing a sudo make install from FreeBSD
ports:
 
===>  Building for newscache-0.99.22
gmake  all-recursive
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache'
Making all in md5lib
gmake[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
cd .. \
  && CONFIG_FILES=md5lib/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh
./config.status
config.status: creating md5lib/Makefile
config.status: executing default-1 commands
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
gmake[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
source='md5.cc' object='md5.o' libtool=no \
depfile='.deps/md5.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/md5.TPo' \
depmode=none /usr/local/bin/bash ../depcomp \
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..     -Wall -Wall  -O -pipe  -g -g
-Wno-unused -c -o md5.o `test -f md5.cc || echo './'`md5.cc
../depcomp: ../depcomp: No such file or directory
gmake[2]: *** [md5.o] Error 127
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 2
 
Stop in /usr/ports/news/newscache

Hi Booker,

* "Booker" ####@####.#### [Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:31:24 -1000]:

> I need help on figuring out what my problem is with compiling on
> FreeBSD4.7.  I have tried to compile from FreeBSD ports and from the
> newscache src.
>  
> I grabbed the source and tried to compile it, NewsCache-1.1.7.tar.gz.
> It says I need socket++ so I grabbed socket++-1.12.7.tar.gz.  I'm having
> problems compiling socket++.  Below is the problems I am encountering.

I already updated the net/libsocket++ port. Can you try that? It should
build. At least it built for me and the package cluster :).

> loading cache /dev/null within ltconfig
> ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify'
> Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
> configure: error: libtool configure failed

Do you have the libtool-port installed? I have no idea what this is about,
it builds fine on my -STABLE with the port.

> Here is the output I get when doing a sudo make install from FreeBSD
> ports:
>  
> ===>  Building for newscache-0.99.22
> gmake  all-recursive
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache'
> Making all in md5lib
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> cd .. \
>   && CONFIG_FILES=md5lib/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh
> ./config.status
> config.status: creating md5lib/Makefile
> config.status: executing default-1 commands
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> source='md5.cc' object='md5.o' libtool=no \
> depfile='.deps/md5.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/md5.TPo' \
> depmode=none /usr/local/bin/bash ../depcomp \
> g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..     -Wall -Wall  -O -pipe  -g -g
> -Wno-unused -c -o md5.o `test -f md5.cc || echo './'`md5.cc
> ../depcomp: ../depcomp: No such file or directory

The error above can be solved by stepping into work/newscache../ and
doing automake --add-missing. It is not needed on my STABLE and the
package cluster, so I have no idea why you are facing this problem. 

I haven't updated the newscache port yet, because we ran into ports
freeze, and i was not able to do enuff testing, but i have an updated
version, i can send to you, if you manage to compile the libsocket++
port.

If you can't get neither the newscache port, nor the libsocket++ port to compile
mail me, and i can provide binary packages for STABLE.

regards
tilman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tilman Linneweh 

Thanks for some tips.  I didn't have net/libsocket++ so I went and
installed that.  That compiled and seem to install properly.  I have
libtool-1.3.4_2 installed via ports.

Now for newscache.  I'm trying compile either the verison via freebsd's
ports or the latest src.

For the ported version in news/newscache I tried what you recommended
and I got:

bash-2.05a$ cd NewsCache/
bash-2.05a$ automake --add-missing
Can't call method "close" on an undefined value at
/usr/local/bin/automake line 7751.
bash-2.05a$ pwd
/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache

For the latest src that I also tried to compile :
http://www.hstraub.at/linux/downloads/src/NewsCache-1.1.7.tar.gz
now its complaining that it can't find libsocket++ but I just installed
it via the ports.

checking for socket++/sockinet.h... no
configure: error: Headers for library libsocket++ not found
bash-2.05a$

Anything else I should look for?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tilman Linneweh ####@####.#### 
> > Here is the output I get when doing a sudo make install from FreeBSD
> > ports:
> >  
> > ===>  Building for newscache-0.99.22
> > gmake  all-recursive
> > gmake[1]: Entering directory 
> `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache'
> > Making all in md5lib
> > gmake[2]: Entering directory
> > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > cd .. \
> >   && CONFIG_FILES=md5lib/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh
> > ./config.status
> > config.status: creating md5lib/Makefile
> > config.status: executing default-1 commands
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > gmake[2]: Entering directory
> > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > source='md5.cc' object='md5.o' libtool=no \
> > depfile='.deps/md5.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/md5.TPo' \
> > depmode=none /usr/local/bin/bash ../depcomp \
> > g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..     -Wall -Wall  -O -pipe  -g -g
> > -Wno-unused -c -o md5.o `test -f md5.cc || echo './'`md5.cc
> > ../depcomp: ../depcomp: No such file or directory
> 
> The error above can be solved by stepping into work/newscache../ and
> doing automake --add-missing. It is not needed on my STABLE and the
> package cluster, so I have no idea why you are facing this problem. 
> 

Hmm are there any differences in -STABLE and the RELENG_4_7 track?  I
only cvsup my src tree to RELENG_4_7 at the moment.  Don't want to be
too bleeding edge.  Maybe that's something else that could shed some
light?

* Booker [Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2002 22:41] :
> > > Making all in md5lib
> > > gmake[2]: Entering directory
> > > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > > cd .. \
> > >   && CONFIG_FILES=md5lib/Makefile CONFIG_HEADERS= /bin/sh
> > > ./config.status
> > > config.status: creating md5lib/Makefile
> > > config.status: executing default-1 commands
> > > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > > gmake[2]: Entering directory
> > > `/usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache/md5lib'
> > > source='md5.cc' object='md5.o' libtool=no \
> > > depfile='.deps/md5.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/md5.TPo' \
> > > depmode=none /usr/local/bin/bash ../depcomp \
> > > g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..     -Wall -Wall  -O -pipe  -g -g
> > > -Wno-unused -c -o md5.o `test -f md5.cc || echo './'`md5.cc
> > > ../depcomp: ../depcomp: No such file or directory
> >
> > The error above can be solved by stepping into work/newscache../ and
> > doing automake --add-missing. It is not needed on my STABLE and the
> > package cluster, so I have no idea why you are facing this problem.
>
> Hmm are there any differences in -STABLE and the RELENG_4_7 track?  I
> only cvsup my src tree to RELENG_4_7 at the moment.  Don't want to be
> too bleeding edge.  Maybe that's something else that could shed some
> light?

None that would apply in this case. 
But you should track the port repository. There have been some changes to 
auoconf/automake recently. 

regards
tilman

Thanks for the help.  I normally cvsup my ports tree once a week.  But
for the hell of it I tried doing a make reinstall of both automake and
autoconf and they look like they haven't changed for a while.

In any case I look forward to when you get 1.1.7 updated in the ports
tree and I'll deal with it then on the 4.7 box.  I have .99 working on
another box (4.6.2) so I'll just work with that for now.

Thanks,
Booker

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tilman Linneweh ####@####.#### 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 11:14 PM
> To: ####@####.####
> Cc: ####@####.####
> Subject: Re: Problems compiling newscache on FreeBSD4.7
> 
> 
> * Booker [Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2002 22:41] :
> > > > Making all in md5lib
> None that would apply in this case. 
> But you should track the port repository. There have been 
> some changes to 
> auoconf/automake recently. 
> 
> regards
> tilman

* "Booker" ####@####.#### [Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:48:45 -1000]:
> Now for newscache.  I'm trying compile either the verison via freebsd's
> ports or the latest src.
> 
> For the ported version in news/newscache I tried what you recommended
> and I got:
> 
> bash-2.05a$ cd NewsCache/
> bash-2.05a$ automake --add-missing
> Can't call method "close" on an undefined value at
> /usr/local/bin/automake line 7751.
> bash-2.05a$ pwd
> /usr/ports/news/newscache/work/NewsCache

You are getting all kinds of strange errors..Really no idea.

Good news for you, I was able to reproduce the missing ./depcomp problem
on one of my machines. I'll commit a patch to the port soon (or update to the
new version).

If you haven't made a binary package on your other machine, I have also
made a binary package for you: 
pkg_add http://people.freebsd.org/newscache-0.99.22.tgz

> For the latest src that I also tried to compile :
> http://www.hstraub.at/linux/downloads/src/NewsCache-1.1.7.tar.gz
> now its complaining that it can't find libsocket++ but I just installed
> it via the ports.

Thats normal behaviour. If you try to install not from ports, /usr/local is 
not in the search path of the compiler. You can set CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS via
environment variables.

regards
tilman

Booker wrote:

>In any case I look forward to when you get 1.1.7 updated in the ports
>tree and I'll deal with it then on the 4.7 box.  I have .99 working on
>another box (4.6.2) so I'll just work with that for now.
>
>  
>
The main point of NewsCache 1.1 is the compatibility with  g++ >= 3.0 
(The first error messages come from RedHat Users). For example the 
fstream.attach() function is not longer available. On the other hand, i 
had enhenced the error logging  (if compiled with --enable-debug) and 
the Error Classes. Now it should be easier to find errors.

Realy new functions starts with NewsCache 1.2.

Herbert