[Refdb-users] Starter-kit fails on OS X

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Hi!

I am using MAC OS X version 10.2.8

I have mysql installed.

I have installed all of the refdb starter-kit libs (except for sqlite) only 
to have the refdb make fail with this error message:

gcc   -g -O2    -o refdbc   refdbc.o pref.o strfncs.o readln.o page.o 
refdb-client.o client-commands.o readris.o connect.o tokenize.o getopt.o linklist.o 
enigma.o cgi.o atoll.o -lreadline -ltermcap 
ld: readln.o illegal reference to symbol: _xmalloc defined in indirectly 
referenced dynamic library /System/
Library/PrivateFrameworks/liberty.framework/Versions/A/liberty
make[1]: *** [refdbc] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1


I need to be up and running quickly!   Any help is greatly appreciated.


Other starter-kit problems with solutions, based on my OS X build:


btparse-0.33:

During ./configure, an error is reported in btparse-0.33/src/lex_auxiliary.c 
line 161.

The problem is actually on line 162:

Orig:
               || (txt[0] == '"' && txt[len-1] == '"'));
Solution:
               || (txt[0] == '\"' && txt[len-1] == '\"'));


make test fails, but cd t; simple_test; suggests all is well?

expat-1.95.2 results in me a make error:
     ld: can't locate file for: -lcrt0.o
     make[1]: *** [xmlwf] Error 1
     make: *** [xmlwf] Error 2

Upgrading to expat-1.95.7 sort of fixes it:   make reports mamy error, but 
completes.   So maybe it tries other options to get past the many reported 
errors.


libdbi-drivers-0.7.0:

I was getting errors involving incorrect host type. Change:

Problem:
     ./configure --with-mysql results in this error:

     checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; 
you must specify one

Solution: insert host info into command line, as in:
     ./configure --host=`echo $HOST` --with-mysql



Charlie Rees