xmlstar-devel

[Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Filipe F. <ffe...@gm...>]

Hello,

I've been able to reliably build 1.3.x versions from the git repository in
the past, but I can no longer build 1.4.x when I checkout git tags.

I go through the normal routine..

$ autoreconf -sif
$ ./configure
$ make

At the `make` command it complains of the following...

$ make
make  all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
  CC     src/trans.o
version.h: #define VERSION "1.4.2"
  CC     src/xml.o
  CC     src/xml_C14N.o
  CC     src/xml_depyx.o
  CC     src/xml_edit.o
  CC     src/xml_elem.o
  CC     src/xml_escape.o
  CC     src/xml_format.o
  CC     src/xml_ls.o
src/xml_ls.c: In function ‘xml_print_dir’:
src/xml_ls.c:140:9: warning: ignoring return value of ‘chdir’, declared
with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
  CC     src/xml_pyx.o
  CC     src/xml_select.o
  CC     src/xml_trans.o
  CC     src/xml_validate.o
  GEN    src/usage.c
  CC     src/usage.o
  GEN    src/c14n-usage.c
  CC     src/c14n-usage.o
  GEN    src/depyx-usage.c
  CC     src/depyx-usage.o
  GEN    src/edit-usage.c
  CC     src/edit-usage.o
  GEN    src/elem-usage.c
  CC     src/elem-usage.o
  GEN    src/escape-usage.c
  CC     src/escape-usage.o
  GEN    src/format-usage.c
  CC     src/format-usage.o
  GEN    src/ls-usage.c
  CC     src/ls-usage.o
  GEN    src/pyx-usage.c
  CC     src/pyx-usage.o
  GEN    src/select-usage.c
  CC     src/select-usage.o
src/select-usage.c:55:233: warning: multi-character character constant
[-Wmultichar]
src/select-usage.c:55:1: error: stray ‘\’ in program
src/select-usage.c:55:1: warning: overflow in implicit constant conversion
[-Woverflow]
src/select-usage.c:55:239: error: expected ‘}’ before ‘n’
src/select-usage.c:55:240: warning: missing terminating ' character
[enabled by default]
src/select-usage.c:55:239: error: missing terminating ' character
make[1]: *** [src/select-usage.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
make: *** [all] Error 2


I looked at line 55 of src/select-usage.c and it does contain the character
'\', which I believe in C should be '\\'.  src/select-usage.c appears to be
auto-generated using the script usage2c.awk script.

filipe

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Filipe F. <ffe...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Filipe Fernandes
<ffe...@gm...>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been able to reliably build 1.3.x versions from the git repository in
> the past, but I can no longer build 1.4.x when I checkout git tags.
>

Oh... forgot to mention that I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit).

filipe

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Noam P. <npo...@us...>]

Filipe Fernandes <ffe...@gm...> writes:
>
> I looked at line 55 of src/select-usage.c and it does contain the character
> '\', which I believe in C should be '\\'.  src/select-usage.c appears to be
> auto-generated using the script usage2c.awk script.

mawk wants a different number of backslashes than gawk to output a
backslash in gsub(). After taking a short look at [1] I decided I really
don't want to know why, so I've rewritten usage2c.awk to avoid
backslashes in gsub(). Please try the latest git (e9cd8843cb1f27).

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Gory-Details.html

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Filipe F. <ffe...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Noam Postavsky <
npo...@us...> wrote:

>
> mawk wants a different number of backslashes than gawk to output a
> backslash in gsub(). After taking a short look at [1] I decided I really
> don't want to know why, so I've rewritten usage2c.awk to avoid
> backslashes in gsub(). Please try the latest git (e9cd8843cb1f27).
>
> [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Gory-Details.html
>

Thanks Noam for the quick reply,

It got me further along... but there appears to be another hiccup...

$ make
make  all-am
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
  CC     src/trans.o
version.h: #define VERSION "1.4.2-2-ge9cd884"
  CC     src/xml.o
  CC     src/xml_C14N.o
  CC     src/xml_depyx.o
  CC     src/xml_edit.o
  CC     src/xml_elem.o
  CC     src/xml_escape.o
  CC     src/xml_format.o
  CC     src/xml_ls.o
src/xml_ls.c: In function ‘xml_print_dir’:
src/xml_ls.c:140:9: warning: ignoring return value of ‘chdir’, declared
with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
  CC     src/xml_pyx.o
  CC     src/xml_select.o
  CC     src/xml_trans.o
  CC     src/xml_validate.o
  GEN    src/usage.c
  CC     src/usage.o
  GEN    src/c14n-usage.c
  CC     src/c14n-usage.o
  GEN    src/depyx-usage.c
  CC     src/depyx-usage.o
  GEN    src/edit-usage.c
  CC     src/edit-usage.o
  GEN    src/elem-usage.c
  CC     src/elem-usage.o
  GEN    src/escape-usage.c
  CC     src/escape-usage.o
  GEN    src/format-usage.c
  CC     src/format-usage.o
  GEN    src/ls-usage.c
  CC     src/ls-usage.o
  GEN    src/pyx-usage.c
  CC     src/pyx-usage.o
  GEN    src/select-usage.c
  CC     src/select-usage.o
  GEN    src/trans-usage.c
  CC     src/trans-usage.o
  GEN    src/unescape-usage.c
  CC     src/unescape-usage.o
  GEN    src/validate-usage.c
  CC     src/validate-usage.o
  CCLD   xml
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `doc/xmlstarlet.1', needed by `all-am'.
 Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I'm taking a look myself as I try to trace through the all-am target... but
I thought I'd mention it in-case it was obvious to you.

thanks,
filipe

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Noam P. <npo...@us...>]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Filipe Fernandes
<ffe...@gm...> wrote:
> It got me further along... but there appears to be another hiccup...
>
> $ make
> make  all-am

>   CCLD   xml
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `doc/xmlstarlet.1', needed by `all-am'.

> I'm taking a look myself as I try to trace through the all-am target... but
> I thought I'd mention it in-case it was obvious to you.

Hmm, I think you need to pass --enable-build-docs to ./configure. I
had the idea that documentation building rules should be disabled by
default because they require installing Apache FOP (also it runs
pretty slow). The tarball comes with the docs prebuilt, but the
default build from git is broken as you have just discovered; not sure
what the best fix for that is.

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Filipe F. <ffe...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Noam Postavsky
<npo...@us...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Filipe Fernandes
> <ffe...@gm...> wrote:
> > It got me further along... but there appears to be another hiccup...
> >
> > $ make
> > make  all-am
>
> >   CCLD   xml
> > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `doc/xmlstarlet.1', needed by `all-am'.
>
> > I'm taking a look myself as I try to trace through the all-am target... but
> > I thought I'd mention it in-case it was obvious to you.
>
> Hmm, I think you need to pass --enable-build-docs to ./configure. I
> had the idea that documentation building rules should be disabled by
> default because they require installing Apache FOP (also it runs
> pretty slow). The tarball comes with the docs prebuilt, but the
> default build from git is broken as you have just discovered; not sure
> what the best fix for that is.

Thanks!  That definitely got me further along.  The manpage was built,
but I still had to contend with the following error...

  DBOOK doc/xmlstarlet.1
Note: Writing xmlstarlet.1
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `doc/xmlstarlet-ug.pdf', needed by
`all-am'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
make: *** [all] Error 2

I don't need the pdf, so in the auto-generated Makefile I changed the line...

    dist_doc_DATA = $(userguide_gen) doc/html.css $(txtguide)

by removing $(userguide_gen) in order to continue with the `make install`.

I was able to build and install (including manpages).  Thanks for
that!  I know that doesn't help you much :(

much appreciated,
filipe

Re: [Xmlstar-devel] Can't build 1.4.2 from git repository

[Noam P. <npo...@us...>]

Filipe Fernandes <ffe...@gm...> writes:

> Thanks!  That definitely got me further along.  The manpage was built,
> but I still had to contend with the following error...
>
>   DBOOK doc/xmlstarlet.1
> Note: Writing xmlstarlet.1
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `doc/xmlstarlet-ug.pdf', needed by
> `all-am'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ffernand/src/.interest/xmlstar'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

I guess you ignored the warning about not having fop installed. Maybe it
should be an error since it breaks the build? On the other hand, the
tarball has the pdfs so it wouldn't break the build there...