Re: [openvrml-develop] problem compiling openvrml

[Jason K. <ja...@cs...>]

Braden McDaniel wrote:
> 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
> is subscriber only, though, to avoid spam; so please subscribe the list
> if you intend to continue posting.

If you look on the main sourceforge page where you list the versions, my 
question appears at the bottom of that now.  whoops.

>>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?
> 

I am using GCC version 3.2.2.

I guess I can try the previous boost version if you think that 1.32.0 
might work... Boost takes forever to compile!

Jason.