[Libguestfs] Compilation troubles

[Richard W.M. Jones]

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:05:58AM +0100, Alessandro Dentella wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 09:50:35PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 08:43:56PM +0100, Alessandro Dentella wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to compile hivex library that I just discovered. I'd use binaries
> > > but I only have an i386 ubuntu and debian so I tryied to compile.
> > > 
> > > ./configure finished with incouraging::
> > > 
> > >     -----------------------------------------------------------
> > >     Thank you for downloading hivex 1.3.3
> > > 
> > >     This is how we have configured the optional components for you today:
> > > 
> > >     OCaml bindings ...................... no
> > >     Perl bindings ....................... yes
> > >     Python bindings ..................... yes
> > >     Ruby bindings ....................... no
> > > 
> > >     If any optional component is configured 'no' when you expected 'yes'
> > >     then you should check the preceeding messages.
> > > 
> > >     Please report bugs back to the mailing list:
> > >     http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libguestfs
> > > 
> > >     Next you should type 'make' to build the package,
> > >     then 'make check' to run the tests.
> > >     ------------------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > 
> > > but then compilation end badly::
> > > 
> > >     Making all in xml
> > >     make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/hivex-1.3.3/xml'
> > >       CCLD   hivexml
> > >     hivexml-hivexml.o: In function `main':
> > >     /tmp/hivex-1.3.3/xml/hivexml.c:96: undefined reference to `rpl_getopt'
> > >     /tmp/hivex-1.3.3/xml/hivexml.c:110: undefined reference to `rpl_optind'
> > >     /tmp/hivex-1.3.3/xml/hivexml.c:154: undefined reference to `rpl_optind'
> > >     collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > >     make[2]: *** [hivexml] Error 1
> > >     make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/hivex-1.3.3/xml'
> > >     make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > >     make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/hivex-1.3.3'
> > >     make: *** [all] Errore 2
> > > 
> > > 
> > > And I'm not enought skilled to understand it. The error is on ubuntu 10.04.
> > > A complete log can be viewd at http://pastebin.com/0s9UnxPh
> > 
> > I don't understand why you see the error, but it comes from gnulib.
> > Is gnulib/lib/libgnu.a getting built and does it contain the
> 
> no, it's not there

If you're compiling from git, did you run ./autogen.sh?  Did it
run successfully?

Rich.

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