Bugzilla Bug 3104

When trying to compile kdebase (3.0.1 or 3.0-r1 or 3.0-r3) I get:
checking for xmkmf... /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf
checking various X settings... failed
configure: error: /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf (imake) failed.
Make sure you have all necessary X development packages installed.
sed: can't read confdefs.h: No such file or directory

I can't recompile xfree either. Will post bug.
(linux-2.4.18-xfs - gcc-3.1-r4)

Not a bug, since we do need xmkmf, or at least a good xfree tree, to build kde. 
Concentrate on the xfree bug I think. Also I understand this is with gcc 3.1? 
If so I'm not the person to ask, I'm not one of the gcc 3.1 testers. 

Actually, xfree is installed, and it finds xmkmf, but the imake errors with
confdefs.h, which it can't find, and I don't know where it should be. Is it a
part of kdebase or xfree?

I saw this problem too in my own gcc3.1 config earlier on. 
 
Did you compile your portage with gcc3.1? If so you will have many problems. 
If not, re-emerge xfree (emerge xfree is known to work w/ gcc3.1). Then try to 
emerge kdebase. This is what I did, and it works. Also, check that you do not 
have more than one gcc installed. 
 
If you compiled your portage with gcc3.1 (a bad thing to do right now), here's 
a http://www.gentoo.org/~mkennedy/portage-1.9.13.tbz2 (compiled w/ gcc2.95.3 
-- thanks to spider & not sure what CFLAGS he used either, but it works on my 
686) you can with emerge --usepkg. 
 
If this helps you, *please* let me know so I can document it. 
 
BTW, I emerged a full xfree86, gnome and kde3 with gcc3.1... so it might be 
your config and/or the portage caveat I described. 
 
Matt 

confdefs.h is a file created and used by the autoconf system. The real problem 
can't be its existence or nonexistence. Could you attach your config.log? 

I'm sorry but I can't, I've successfully compiled the newer versions of kdebase
with the gcc-2.95 portage. The problem solved itself with the newer versions.

i've the same problem on my Gentoo box: trying to compile
kdebase-3.0.1-20020604
will give a xmkmf/imake error. kdebase-3.0.1 successfully compiled.
I'm using xfree-4.2.0-r12, gcc-2.95.3-r3 and portage-2.0.8.

i'm attaching my config.log... can you please help me?

i've the same problem on my Gentoo box: trying to compile
kdebase-3.0.1-20020604
will give a xmkmf/imake error. kdebase-3.0.1 successfully compiled.
I'm using xfree-4.2.0-r12, gcc-2.95.3-r7 and portage-2.0.8.

i'm attaching my config.log... can you please help me?

Created an attachment (id=1903) [edit]
config.log

Sorry I didn't respond... 
The config log shows: 
----- 
configure:26704: checking various X settings 
imake -DUseInstalled -I/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config 
sh: /tmp/imakeHacZYo: Permission denied 
/usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf: line 70:  9831 Aborted	imake $imake_defines $args 
----- 
 
Do you have nonstandard permissions for /tmp?  
Does the new kdebase-3.0.2 emerge? 
 

*** Bug 5160 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Since you didn't reply I'm closing this. It may or may not be a duplicate of 
#5160. 

Now clarified in #6801.