The ebuild for games-board/hexxagon-0.3.1 quits with an error: gtk-interface.cpp:23:20: missing terminating " character gtk-interface.cpp:48:1: missing terminating " character Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =games-board/hexxagon-0.3.1 2. 3. Actual Results: gtk-interface.cpp:23:20: missing terminating " character gtk-interface.cpp:48:1: missing terminating " character Expected Results: >>> Completed installing into /var/tmp/portage/hexxagon-0.3.1/image/ Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.1-gentoo) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.1-gentoo i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 distcc 2.11.1 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.7.7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -mmmx -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-jumps=4" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /lib/modules /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -mmmx -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -falign-functions=4 -falign-jumps=4 -Wno-deprecated" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://gw.redman.homelinux.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm avi berkdb bonobo crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mmx motif mpeg ncurses offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl tcltk tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib" The problem lies with the gtk-interface.cpp file. A define is spread out over multiple lines, and the compiler isn't too thrilled with that. The following patch is a workaround: 23,48c23 < #define ABOUT_TEXT " < Hexxagon v0.3.1 < Copyright 2001 Erik Jonsson < < Contact me on: < erik@nesqi.homeip.net < < The latest version can always be found on: < http://nesqi.homeip.net/hexxagon < < The pieces was drawn by Stefan P�hlson. < < This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or < modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License < as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 < of the License, or (at your option) any later version. < < This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, < but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of < MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the < GNU General Public License for more details. < < You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License < along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software < Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. < " --- > #define ABOUT_TEXT "" However, this removes the copyright from the software, so a more thorough update should be applied. I just don't remember the rules for line continuations in preprocessor directives in C++. It's been a few years. Tim
hexxagon-0.3.2 is in portage now and works for me.
Confirmed. Erik Jonsson, the main developer of Hexxagon has confirmed with me that the changes necessary to fix this bug have been incorporated into 0.3.2. Tim
