Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:12:06 -0400 From: Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.com> To: PC-BSD Testing list <testing@lists.pcbsd.org> Cc: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] libX11 config failure Message-ID: <49C7A6C6.3020702@pcbsd.com> In-Reply-To: <9d5506db0903222331j3c7c8403j72bc67f386b71f0d@mail.gmail.com> References: <9d5506db0903221931y760ba890o524894a0bf6187d3@mail.gmail.com> <18887.10022.859726.221414@gromit.timing.com> <9d5506db0903222331j3c7c8403j72bc67f386b71f0d@mail.gmail.com>
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Larry Gadallah wrote: > Hi John: > > On 22/03/2009, John Hein <jhein@timing.com> wrote: >> Larry Gadallah wrote at 19:31 -0700 on Mar 22, 2009: >> > Dear x11@FreeBSD.org: >> > >> > For some reason, configuration for libX11 fails on the current ports >> > tree (fetched via portsnap). For your reference, I have attached the >> > config.log file per the error messages below: >> > >> > appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool >> > checking for gcc... (cached) cc >> > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes >> > checking whether cc accepts -g... (cached) yes >> > checking for cc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed >> > checking dependency style of cc... (cached) gcc3 >> > CWARNFLAGS+= -Wold-style-definition -Wdeclaration-after-statement: not >> found >> > checking for cpp... /usr/bin/cpp >> > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -undef... yes >> > checking if /usr/bin/cpp requires -traditional... yes >> > checking whether to use XCB... (cached) yes >> > ./configure: 21141: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") >> >> bash updates have been problematic for configure lately. $() was >> fixed shortly after a recent bash4 update. If you got bash4 during >> the short "broken" window, try updating or uninstalling bash >> temporarily. >> >> It might be something like that. >> > > Thanks for the quick response. Alas, that didn't fix it either. I got > exactly the same error for this version of bash: > > [root@pinawa /usr/ports/x11/libX11]# bash --version > GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0) > Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Cheers, Ahh, try this: # ln -s /bin/bash /usr/local/bin/bash Does it work now? We ship a static version of bash in /bin/, which may be causing problems if the scripts have #!/usr/local/bin/bash in their header. -- Kris Moore PC-BSD Software http://www.pcbsd.com
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