Re: No more FvwmScript-ThemesCenter: exit! (FreeBSD i386)

[Andre G. <abg...@uw...>]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2001 at 07:04:48PM -0600, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 18 Feb 2001 00:32:32 +0100, Andre Goeree wrote:
> > 
> > Hello fvwm-workers,
> 
> I am forwarding this to the right list, fvwm-themes-devel.
> These problems are not directly related to FVWM.

Oops, i accidently sent it to the wrong list, luckily you read 
both;) I will send following messages to the right address.

> 
> > I'm trying your latest beta version (fvwm-themes-0.4.1).
> > out on FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE. Although almost everything works as it 
> > should, i'm having some trouble:(
> > Maybe you remember me from my previous message concerning
> > GNU mknod & BSD mknod. I am happy to see that the more portable
> > mkfifo is used in this newer version. However this is probably part 
> > of the problem i'm writing about now.
> 
> Yes, I remember. Without your reports there would be no BSD patches.
> 

That's nice:)

> > This is the error log:
> > 
> > config-99506: No more FvwmScript-ThemesCenter: exit!
> > fvwm-themes-config: internal error 1, killing FvwmScript-ThemesCenter
> > com: No lock Fifo .tmp-com-lock-config-99506 for config-99506 communication
> > cannot open .tmp-com-buf-config-99506 at /home/ago/sys/fvwm/bin/fvwm-themes-com line 62.
> > cannot open .tmp-com-buf-config-99506 at /home/ago/sys/fvwm/bin/fvwm-themes-com line 62.
> > 
> > I can switch themes, i'm using fvwm-themes right now:), but whenever
> > i take one of the "Fvwm Configuration" menus the above error occurs.
> > 
> > So far i haven't made any progress in tracking the error but i haven't
> > examined the code/scripts carefully yet.
> 
> Maybe Olivier has better suggestions, but I think we need your help here.
> Please add some prints into checkScript in bin/fvwm-themes-config to see
> whether and why it fails. Can you use the CVS version?
>

Yep, i will find out how to cvs the stuff and start right away!
 
> > Notes:
> > 	I changed m4 in configure.in to gm4, the GNU m4 for FreeBSD.
> > 	gm4 is also the "m4" fvwm-2.3.28 was built with but i don't 
> > 	think this could have anything to do with the error.
> > 	perl: version 5.005_03 built for i386-freebsd
> 
> I think the CVS version should work with non-GNU m4 now (not tested).
> Or you mean something else?

What i mean is that the m4 version doesn't seem to make any difference.
I tried it first with the "system" m4, same thing except that FvwmForm
core dumped on me:( (i'm not sure if this is related to m4 but changing 
m4 to the version fvwm was built with sounded like a good start).

[snip]
> > Additional question: My guess is that this problem has something
> > to do with portability. How many (beta-)testers do you have at the
> > moment testing this project on FreeBSD-i386?
> 
> There are no official FreeBSD testers for fvwm-themes. You are the first.
> The Solaris tester position is vacant too. :-)

Hmm, i like the project very much:) and i would like it to run on
FreeBSD so what's involved? (keeping up with the source code and 
reading the mailing list?). Sorry, no Solaris.

> 
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
> 

Let's put this subject in the fridge untill i cvs'ed to the 
latest code and rebuild the stuff. For the moment i'm available 
as an unofficial (beta-)tester for your project. Once i know 
more about what's involved, maybe i'll become an official tester 
for FreeBSD-i386. 
If fvwm-themes proves to run reliable and stable on FreeBSD i'll try 
to get it into the FreeBSD ports tree, that would probably attract a 
boatload of testers/developers/people interested in the project:)
(in fact fvwm-themes is one of my try-out projects in becoming a 
FreeBSD porter).

I will get back to you on this subject.

Regards,
-- Andre.