Bug 291111 – recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1 fails to build

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Kyle Milz 2009-10-30 06:44:03 UTC]

When emerging recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1 the build fails with a topmost error of

rmd_update_image.c:35:35: error: X11/extensions/shmstr.h: No such file or directory

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge recordmydesktop
2. watch it fail

Actual Results:  
The build fails.

Expected Results:  
The build succeeds. 

There is a trivial workaround for this, apparently the shmstr.h file no longer comes with xextproto (I have 7.1.1 installed) but instead there is a shmproto.h file. Changing two includes from shmstr.h to shmproto.h in the source of RMD allowed the build to succeed.

[Comment 1 Kyle Milz 2009-10-30 22:08:32 UTC]

Notified upstream about this. 

[Comment 2 Kobboi 2009-11-11 12:54:56 UTC]

Created attachment 209903 [details]
New ebuild applying the suggested patch if necessary

[Comment 3 Kobboi 2009-11-11 12:55:51 UTC]

Created attachment 209904 [details]
Change #include

[Comment 4 Kobboi 2009-11-11 12:57:12 UTC]

I attached the suggested patch and a new ebuild doing the patch. Probably the check for xextproto should be done in the configure step instead of the ebuild, but I guess for the time being this suffices. 

[Comment 5 Tiago Madeira 2009-11-11 22:48:03 UTC]

=x11-misc/xvidcap-1.1.7 has exactly the same problem (X11/extensions/shmstr.h not found): (I don't know if I should open a new bug, but I think it's related enough to post here)

capture.c:68:35: error: X11/extensions/shmstr.h: No such file or directory
capture.c: In function ‘XGetZPixmapSHM’:
capture.c:668: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘*’ token
capture.c:668: error: ‘req’ undeclared (first use in this function)
capture.c:668: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
capture.c:668: error: for each function it appears in.)
capture.c:669: error: ‘xShmGetImageReply’ undeclared (first use in this function)
capture.c:669: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘rep’
capture.c:675: error: ‘sz_xShmGetImageReq’ undeclared (first use in this function)
capture.c:675: error: ‘xShmGetImageReq’ undeclared (first use in this function)
capture.c:675: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
capture.c:675: error: ‘X_ShmGetImage’ undeclared (first use in this function)
capture.c:693: error: ‘rep’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make[3]: *** [capture.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mv -f .deps/codecs.Tpo .deps/codecs.Po
app_data.c: In function ‘xvc_error_write_msg’:
app_data.c:2474: warning: embedded ‘\0’ in format
app_data.c:2481: warning: embedded ‘\0’ in format
app_data.c:2500: warning: embedded ‘\0’ in format
app_data.c: In function ‘error_write_action_msg’:
app_data.c:2542: warning: embedded ‘\0’ in format
app_data.c: In function ‘xvc_command_execute’:
app_data.c:2696: warning: ignoring return value of ‘system’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
mv -f .deps/app_data.Tpo .deps/app_data.Po
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/x11-misc/xvidcap-1.1.7/work/xvidcap-1.1.7/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
...

[Comment 6 Tiago Madeira 2009-11-11 22:52:02 UTC]

After:
/usr/include/X11/extensions # ln -s shmproto.h shmstr.h

... everything works fine.

[Comment 7 Sebastian 2009-11-13 10:15:28 UTC]

Problem is also with xf86-video-intel (2.9.1). 
Tried the suggested solution by Tiago Madeira, but it didnt work and produced the following error when emerging (Fehler means error):

Making all in uxa
  CC    uxa-accel.o
  CC    uxa-glyphs.o
  CC    uxa-render.o
  CC    uxa.o
In file included from uxa-priv.h:331,
                 from uxa-accel.c:33:
/usr/include/xorg/shmint.h:34: Fehler: expected declaration specifiers or »...« before »ShmFuncsPtr«
In file included from uxa-accel.c:33:
uxa-priv.h:344: Fehler: expected »=«, »,«, »;«, »asm« or »__attribute__« before »uxa_shm_funcs«
In file included from uxa-priv.h:331,
                 from uxa-glyphs.c:49:
/usr/include/xorg/shmint.h:34: Fehler: expected declaration specifiers or »...« before »ShmFuncsPtr«
In file included from uxa-glyphs.c:49:
uxa-priv.h:344: Fehler: expected »=«, »,«, »;«, »asm« or »__attribute__« before »uxa_shm_funcs«
uxa-accel.c:282: Fehler: expected »=«, »,«, »;«, »asm« or »__attribute__« before »uxa_shm_funcs«

[Comment 8 Kyle Milz 2009-11-16 07:33:06 UTC]

Sebastian, I do not think your bug has anything to do with this one. Tiago, I can confirm that I have the exact same problem with xvidcap and your solution worked for me also. 

[Comment 9 Kamen Dokov 2009-12-06 00:44:57 UTC]

(In reply to comment #6)
> After:
> /usr/include/X11/extensions # ln -s shmproto.h shmstr.h
> 
> ... everything works fine.
> 

Yeah that still works :)

[Comment 10 Nikolaj Šujskij 2009-12-22 08:50:01 UTC]

Suggested patch worked for me too.

[Comment 11 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) 2009-12-24 19:46:02 UTC]

Suggested patch most likely causes the old systems to fail to build. Correct fix would involve using the autoconf macros to check for the presence of the two headers.

[Comment 12 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2010-01-04 14:29:36 UTC]

Fixed