Re: [openvrml-develop] problem compiling openvrml

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 09:33 -0500, Jason Keltz wrote:
> I posted this message to the openvrml discussion list, but I have a 
> feeling that wasn't the right place.. my apologies..

openvrml-develop is the only OpenVRML discussion list I know about. It
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> By: Jason Keltz - jkeltz
> problem compiling openvrml 0.15.9
> 2005-12-12 14:30
> Hi.
> 
> I am trying to compile openvrml 0.15.9 to get the mozilla plugin. I had 
> to install a couple of the dependencies - the biggest and most time 
> consuming one being boost-1.33.1. I also had to recompile mozilla to 
> grab the development includes/libraries that I normally get rid of when 
> I compile it. After getting the libraries into place, the compile worked 
> for quite a while without problems, but then I ran into this large 
> stumbling block which seems to be right at the end! (just my luck huh?)

I've only tested 0.15.9 with Boost 1.32.0. Boost revisions are not
guaranteed to be backward compatible, unfortunately.

> make[2]: Entering directory 
> `/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/src/openvrml-player'
> if c++ -DPACKAGE_NAME=\"OpenVRML\ Mozilla\ Plugin\" 
> -DPACKAGE_TARNAME=\"openvrml-mozilla-plugin\" 
> -DPACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.15.10\" -DPACKAGE_STRING=\"OpenVRML\ Mozilla\ 
> Plugin\ 0.15.10\" 
> -DPACKAGE_BUGREPORT=\"ope...@li...\"; 
> -DPACKAGE=\"openvrml-mozilla-plugin\" -DVERSION=\"0.15.10\" 
> -DSTDC_HEADERS=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_STAT_H=1 
> -DHAVE_STDLIB_H=1 -DHAVE_STRING_H=1 -DHAVE_MEMORY_H=1 -DHAVE_STRINGS_H=1 
> -DHAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 -DHAVE_STDINT_H=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_DLFCN_H=1 
> -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1 -I. 
> -I/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/src/openvrml-player 
> -I/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/lib/gtkglext 
> -I../../lib/gtkglext/gdk 
> -I/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/../src/libopenvrml 
> -I/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/../src/libopenvrml-gl 
> -I -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -I/cs/local/packages/mozilla-support/include 
> -I/cs/local/packages/boost/include 
> -I/cs/local/packages/mozilla-devel/include -I/cs/local/include/gtk-2.0 
> -I/cs/local/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/cs/local/include 
> -I/cs/local/include/atk-1.0 -I/cs/local/include/pango-1.0 
> -I/cs/local/include/freetype2 -I/cs/local/include/glib-2.0 
> -I/cs/local/lib/glib-2.0/include -pthread -g -O2 -MT player.o -MD -MP 
> -MF ".deps/player.Tpo" -c -o player.o player.cpp; \
> then mv -f ".deps/player.Tpo" ".deps/player.Po"; else rm -f 
> ".deps/player.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
> In file included from 
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/converter.hpp:16,
> from /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/cast.hpp:32,
> from /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/cast.hpp:103,
> from 
> /tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/src/libopenvrml/openvrml/field_value.h:31, 
> 
> from /tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/src/libopenvrml/openvrml/node.h:34,
> from 
> /tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/src/libopenvrml/openvrml/script.h:27,
> from 
> /tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/src/libopenvrml/openvrml/browser.h:34,
> from player.cpp:31:
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:233: 
> declaration
> does not declare anything
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:233: 
> parse
> error before numeric constant
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:238: 
> type/value
> mismatch at argument 6 in template parameter list for `template<class 
> expr0,
> class expr1, class TT, class TF, class FT, class FF> struct
> boost::numeric::convdetail::for_both'
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:238: 
> 
> expected a type, got `0'
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:238: 
> `
> type' is not a class or namespace
> /cs/local/packages/boost/include/boost/numeric/conversion/detail/converter.hpp:238: 
> ISO
> C++ forbids declaration of `type' with no type
> make[2]: *** [player.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory 
> `/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/src/openvrml-player'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory 
> `/tmp/xsys.21253.0/openvrml-0.15.10/mozilla-plugin/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> ---
> 
> Can someone please suggest how to resolve this ?
> 
> Would this version of openvrml not be compatible with the latest boost 
> maybe?

Possible; but this error looks more like *your C++ compiler* is not
compatible with the latest Boost. What gcc version are you using?

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