Bug 6191 – Lirc ebuild fails

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

[Description Mark Trolley 2002-08-07 22:58:33 UTC]

Here is the error given when trying to install the lirc package:

lirc_parallel.c:48: #error "--- Sorry, this driver is not SMP safe. ---"
make[3]: *** [lirc_parallel.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.6.5/work/lirc-0.6.5/drivers/lirc_parallel'
make[2]: ***
[_mod_/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.6.5/work/lirc-0.6.5/drivers/lirc_parallel] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.19-gentoo-r7'
make[1]: *** [lirc_parallel.o] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.6.5/work/lirc-0.6.5/drivers/lirc_parallel'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/lirc-0.6.5/work/lirc-0.6.5/drivers'

!!! ERROR: The ebuild did not complete successfully.
!!! Function src_compile, Line -34, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)

!!! emerge aborting on  /usr/portage/app-misc/lirc/lirc-0.6.5.ebuild .

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2002-08-07 23:38:48 UTC]

Created attachment 2913 [details]
lirc-0.6.5.ebuild

try this attached ebuild and see if it fixes your problem ...

[Comment 2 Mark Trolley 2002-08-08 17:11:23 UTC]

Same result.  Is there any other files I should delete before trying? (i.e. I
don't know where the lirc source is, but I know it didn't download it agian).

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2002-08-08 17:28:13 UTC]

well then i come to the question, are you using an SMP system ?
or does your kernel have SMP enabled ?

[Comment 4 Mark Trolley 2002-08-08 17:51:48 UTC]

No and no.  Using the Gentoo kernel on a single processor Athlon 1.4GHz.  
That's what's confusing about the error.

[Comment 5 Matt Keadle 2002-09-19 11:52:43 UTC]

what version of gcc? I had some issues with it much earlier, but it finally
manages to work here (2.95).

also, lirc has drivers for *many* different styles of IR dongles and other such
things. as such, when you build it normally they actually turned their
./cofigure script into an ncurses based menu to make it easier to pick the
correct options. In one situation I had to edit the ebuild specificaly for the
IR dongle that was going to be used.

from your error is looks like it's possibly building the parallel IR dongle
interface (lirc_parallel.o). by default, the lirc ebuild tries to build as many
drivers for interface types as it can. if you don't have a parallel IR dongle,
it micht just take a quick bit of ebuild hacking.

btw, what kind of IR receiver /have/ you got? my hauppauge WinTV remote is
working great.

[Comment 6 Mark Trolley 2002-09-19 13:12:54 UTC]

I have a Leadtek TV2000XP, so the receiver plugs directly into it.  I have 
just done a fresh install of 1.4 rc1, so once I get around to trying to istall 
lirc again I'll post more comments.

[Comment 7 SpanKY 2003-01-25 13:32:18 UTC]

*** Bug 14107 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 8 Patrick Kursawe (RETIRED) 2003-04-28 09:49:34 UTC]

Still didn't get around to install it? :-)

[Comment 9 Mark Trolley 2003-04-28 10:00:04 UTC]

Sorry, I lost my Gentoo install and haven't had time to redo it.  Hopefully someone else can shed some light on this.

[Comment 10 Patrick Kursawe (RETIRED) 2003-05-05 05:35:55 UTC]

Since we have no tester who is able to reproduce the problem, I think it's ok to set this to WORKSFORME.