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Bug 59699

Summary: gtk+-2.4.4 fails to compile (m4 configure.in error)
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) <zhen>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: 2004.2   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-08-07 07:36:48 UTC
On my PIII, gtk+-2.4.4 fails to compile with the following error:
>>> emerge (1 of 79) x11-libs/gtk+-2.4.4 to /
>>> md5 src_uri ;-) gtk+-2.4.4.tar.bz2
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking gtk+-2.4.4.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/gtk+-2.4.4/work
 * Applying gtk+-2.0.6-exportsymbols.patch...                             [ ok ]
 * Applying gtk+-2.2.1-disable_icons_smooth_alpha.patch...                [ ok ]
 * Applying gtk+-2.4.1-define_sensible_icon_theme.patch...                [ ok ]
configure.in:140: /usr/bin/m4: ERROR: Reading inserted file: Invalid argument
autom4te-2.59: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1

!!! ERROR: x11-libs/gtk+-2.4.4 failed.
!!! Function src_unpack, Line 44, Exitcode 1
!!! (no error message)

My emerge info:
Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.4.25-grsec-1.9.14)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.4.25-grsec-1.9.14 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled]
Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4
Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
COMPILER="gcc3"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe"
DISTDIR="/mnt/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distcc sandbox"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/src/overlay"
SYNC="rsync://192.168.1.1/gentoo-portage"
USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql mythtv ncurses oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib png qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell ssl svga truetype unicode x86 xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"

Thanks for your time - let me know if I need to test/ fix.
Comment 1 foser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-08-08 02:48:11 UTC
what version is the m4 package ? rebuild to make sure it's not corrupt.
Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-08-19 13:56:36 UTC
i rebuilt it and am certain that it is not corrupt
Comment 3 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-09-08 22:23:10 UTC
fixed on my side, must be hardware