Bug 454446

Summary:	app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.1* - cannot find any C preprocessor (cpp) - /usr/bin/rpcgen: C preprocessor failed with exit code 1
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) <zerochaos>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled] <vmware+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	vmware+disabled
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	build.log

Description Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 17:30:27 UTC

make[2]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.12.26.958366/work/open-vm-tools-2012.12.26-958366/lib/guestRpc'
/bin/sh ../../scripts/build/rpcgen_wrapper.sh lib/guestRpc/nicinfo.x nicinfo.h
cannot find any C preprocessor (cpp)
/usr/bin/rpcgen: C preprocessor failed with exit code 1
make[2]: *** [nicinfo.h] Error 1

Comment 1 Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) gentoo-dev

2013-01-28 17:31:19 UTC

Created attachment 337126 [details]
build.log

Comment 2 Tom Wijsman (TomWij) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-01-29 14:35:11 UTC

The line before that mentions

> cannot find any C preprocessor (cpp)

although the configure mentions both

> checking how to run the C preprocessor... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -E
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -E

It appears the rpcgen command needs the parameter -Y /usr/bin

https://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/node34.html#SECTION003441000000000000000