kpackage compile

[Tony Alfrey]

On Thursday 31 October 2002 03:58 am,Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
<snip>
>
> /usr/include/rpm contains a file called rpmlib.h, which contains the
> function prototype. The kde source file rpmInterface.cpp MUST include
> this file as:
>
> #include <rpmlib.h>
>
>    or
>
> #include <rpm/rpmlib.h>
>
> As the compile command line adds /usr/include/rpm to the place to
> look for include files, I would expect the first line to be the one.
> If you do not see this line or it is not used, there is the problem.
>
> Perhaps the place where the include statement is done is different
> from where the function is called. The "if test mey be different, or
> evaluated before values in the test are set.
>
> IIRC, this has always been baddly formatted preprocessor code.
>
> > Well, interestingly enough, there seems to be some problem in the
> > rpminterface.cpp source that comes with kde-3.0.4.  The error comes
> > in the line below starting with rpmBuildFileList.  Since I've got
> > rpm 3.0.6, the compiler certainly ends up here, but what the
> > problem is I haven't a clue.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >------- // Code for RPM 3.0.4 or greater
> > #if RPM_V1 >= 3 && (RPM_V1 > 3 || RPM_V2 > 0 || RPM_V3 >= 4)
> >
> >   rpmBuildFileList(h, (const char ***) &fileList, &count2);
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-------

I will study this and get back to you.
Interestingly enough, kpackage (at first glance) seems to be functional 
with this bug.  Right now I am struggling with an ISAPNP Soundblaster 
card that worked fine in 2.2.14 and doesn't work with 2.4.x  and I'm 
determined to figure out the problem if it kills me.


-- 
Tony Alfrey
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"I'd rather be sailing"