problems when emere xterm

[AgaKhan]

When trying to emerge xterm I get the following error while compiling:

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/bin/install -c -m  755 resize /var/tmp/portage/xterm-200-r1/image//usr/bin/`echo resize| sed 's/$//'|sed 's,x,x,'|sed 's/$//'`
/bin/install: cannot stat `resize': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

!!! ERROR: x11-terms/xterm-200-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_install, Line 53, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

Any suggestions?

[sequeira]

I get exactly the same. Still digging around.

[snis]

Same here, there is a bug opened http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90891, however not resolved yet.

Sequiera or AgaKahn have you had any luck with this one yet?

[sequeira]

From what I can tell it is not compiling resize, and therefore cannot install it.

My portage knowledge is small, but I'm looking at a way of of avoiding building xterm, or fixing the Makefile.

Cheers.

[xgrtl]

I found the apparent reason and a workaround... i don't have much time right now so I am not really sure if it is a bug in xterm make system or in bash

the plink.sh shell that bash uses to link resize uses internally the $CMD variable which is a strange variable because it is set by bash to the current command every time it executes something

i really now almost nothing about shell scripts, but if you add something to plink.sh it helps the problem:

original plink.sh:

#!/bin/sh
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/plink.sh,v 3.1 2001/03/13 09:48:43 dickey Exp $
#
# Reduce the number of dynamic libraries used to link an executable.
CMD=
while test $# != 0
do
OPT="$1"
shift
case $OPT in
-l*)
echo "testing if $OPT is needed"
if ( eval $CMD $* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null )
then
: echo ...no
else
echo ...yes
CMD="$CMD $OPT"
fi
;;
*)
CMD="$CMD $OPT"
;;
esac
done
eval $CMD



you can change it to:

#!/bin/sh
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/plink.sh,v 3.1 2001/03/13 09:48:43 dickey Exp $
#
# Reduce the number of dynamic libraries used to link an executable.

CMD=
if true
then
while test $# != 0
do
OPT="$1"
shift
case $OPT in
-l*)
echo "testing if $OPT is needed"
if ( eval $CMD $* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null )
then
: echo ...no
else
echo ...yes
CMD="$CMD $OPT"
fi
;;
*)
CMD="$CMD $OPT"
;;
esac
done
eval $CMD
fi

only the 2nd and 3rd line after the comments and the last one have really been changed... if some bash guru could examine this file (I am really surprised that it works at all and about the magical powers of an if true statement) it would be great

good luck

[xgrtl]

Oops... my last message lost all indenting, but it really doesn't matter... it is all about enclosing everything with an if true statement because inside if the CMD variable seems to behave nicely
Not really scientific but it worked for me

[daf@donkeyfr.org]

I found the apparent reason and a workaround... i don't have much time right now so I am not really sure if it is a bug in xterm make system or in bash

the plink.sh shell that bash uses to link resize uses internally the $CMD variable which is a strange variable because it is set by bash to the current command every time it executes something

i really now almost nothing about shell scripts, but if you add something to plink.sh it helps the problem:

original plink.sh:

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#!/bin/sh
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/plink.sh,v 3.1 2001/03/13 09:48:43 dickey Exp $
# 
# Reduce the number of dynamic libraries used to link an executable.
CMD=
while test $# != 0
do
    OPT="$1"
    shift
    case $OPT in
    -l*)
        echo "testing if $OPT is needed"
        if ( eval $CMD $* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null )
        then
            : echo ...no
        else
            echo ...yes
            CMD="$CMD $OPT"
        fi
        ;;
    *)
        CMD="$CMD $OPT"
        ;;
    esac
done
eval $CMD

you can change it to:

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#!/bin/sh
# $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/plink.sh,v 3.1 2001/03/13 09:48:43 dickey Exp $
#
# Reduce the number of dynamic libraries used to link an executable.

CMD=
if true
then
    while test $# != 0
    do
        OPT="$1"
        shift
        case $OPT in
        -l*)
            echo "testing if $OPT is needed"
            if ( eval $CMD $* >/dev/null 2>/dev/null )
            then
                : echo ...no
            else
                echo ...yes
                CMD="$CMD $OPT"
            fi
            ;;
        *)
            CMD="$CMD $OPT"
            ;;
        esac
    done
    eval $CMD
fi

only the 2nd and 3rd line after the comments and the last one have really been changed... if some bash guru could examine this file (I am really surprised that it works at all and about the magical powers of an if true statement) it would be great

good luck

just use this bbcode :

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[mrpete]

Yep - I've also had this problem. The problem seems only to occur when using bash-3.x. Reverting back to bash-2.x allows me to emerge xterm without any problems.

[barum87]

hmm exactly same thing happened to me during update..

should i just wait til the bug gets fixed?

[Fraggle]

hmm exactly same thing happened to me during update..

should i just wait til the bug gets fixed?

I am wondering the same.

[doubleoseven]

i have the same problem but i'm using zshell

[avx]

Hi,

the (more or less) funny/strange thing is, that I even can't downgrade xterm. I've have 200-r1 installed, tried to downgrade to 199 or upgrade to the masked 201. Both ways don't work, so I guess it's not really a problem of BASH, cause it worked flawless before.

I'll see, if I can fix it

cheers,
ph030

EDIT:
Problem has been solved (at least for me) with a new ebuild + patch. Get it at bugs.g.o!

[riggity_ryan]

Sorry if this question sounds silly, but how do you use the patches once someone makes them? I've never had to do it before. I couldn't even find plink.sh to change it by hand.