Bug 153284 – dev-libs/newt-0.52.2 fails to build

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Vasko 2006-10-29 05:22:38 UTC]

I have a problem compiling the "newt-0.52.2", here is the error: 
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cc -g -o whiptail whiptail.o dialogboxes.o -L . -lnewt -lslang -lm -ldl  -lpopt
cc -shared -fPIC -o whiptcl.so whiptcl.o dialogboxes.o -L . -lnewt  -ltcl8.4 -lslang -lpopt -lm
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.1/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -ltcl8.4
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [whiptcl.so] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
snackmodule.c: In function 'entryWidget':
snackmodule.c:735: warning: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules

!!! ERROR: dev-libs/newt-0.52.2 failed.
Call stack:
  ebuild.sh, line 1568:   Called dyn_compile
  ebuild.sh, line 937:   Called src_compile
  newt-0.52.2.ebuild, line 63:   Called die

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[Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2006-10-29 05:26:16 UTC]

Don't restrict bugs without any reason. Just leave the checkboxes alone.

[Comment 2 Piotr Jaroszyński (RETIRED) 2006-10-31 09:21:08 UTC]

And do you have dev-lang/tcl installed? Works for me...

[Comment 3 Vasko 2006-11-02 14:38:17 UTC]

Yes i do .

[Comment 4 Christian Zoffoli (RETIRED) 2007-02-04 23:29:52 UTC]

works as expected, please check your libs with revdep-rebuild and retry

[Comment 5 Christian Zoffoli (RETIRED) 2007-05-12 15:01:09 UTC]

closing.