Revdep-rebuild and gcc

ilm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:22 am Post subject: Revdep-rebuild and gcc

Since I wanted to try out windowmaker with the gnustep option, i recompiled gcc with the objc and gcj USE flags. However, whenever I try to run revdep-rebuild, it keeps wanting to do a oneshot emerge of gcc.

Any ideas???

Hypnos · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:32 am Post subject:

Post the output of revdep-rebuild.
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ilm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:43 am Post subject:

Hypnos · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:56 am Post subject:

Try deleting those .revdep-rebuild.* files, and running it again.

After rebuilding gcc, the files were left over if you had done a ctl-c previously, consequently revdep-rebuild thinks gcc still has a problem.
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ilm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:34 am Post subject:

Tried that. Only difference is, when I ran it again, it came up with the following files for linking consistency:

/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/lib-org-w3c-dom.la
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.6/lib-org-xml-sax.la

I did try and emerge dom and sax at one point to get a java project going, but later unmerged them. Would this be causing the problem???

(Note: should i have done this with letting it compile gcc again???)

Edit: both of these are looking for /usr/lib/libgcj.la, which isn't on my system. Is this causing the problem???

Hypnos · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:39 am Post subject:

Oh, I get that too, from having built gcc with the "gcj" USE flag. revdep-rebuild isn't perfect (notice it's a .la file, not a .so file); I wouldn't worry about it.
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ilm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:53 am Post subject:

So, is it worth keeping the gcj USE flag? I only put that it because it was suggested to...

Hypnos · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:14 am Post subject:

ilm · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:41 am Post subject:

What's the difference between ffcall and libffi???

Hypnos · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:03 am Post subject:

They are both implementations of the same functionality. According to the GNUstep experts I've conversed with, ffcall is more robust and better-maintained these days.
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ilm · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:37 am Post subject:

That's fixed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I just have to work out how to use Window Maker!!!

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The libgcj.la issue has been discussed in topic: "Persistent revdep-rebuild issues: gcc and libgcj.la".

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