Re: Failed to compile the emacs latest git master version on Ubuntu 20.10.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 7:05 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:59:20 -0500
> >
> > On Ubuntu 20.10, I try to compile the emacs latest git master version
> > but meet the following error:
> >
> > /usr/bin/ld: 
> > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/10/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libm17n-core.a(mtext-wseg.o):
> > undefined reference to symbol 'th_brk@@LIBTHAI_0.1'
> > /usr/bin/ld: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0: error adding symbols:
> > DSO missing from command line
> > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[1]: *** [Makefile:655: temacs] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/werner/Public/editor/emacs/emacs.git/src'
> > make: *** [Makefile:424: src] Error 2
> >
> > Any hints for fixing this problem?
>
> Install HarfBuzz, so that Emacs uses that for text shaping.  If you
> already have HarfBuzz installed, reconfigure --without-m17n-flt, so
> that the problematic library is not compiled into Emacs (you don't
> need it if you have HarfBuzz).

Thanks for your valuable notes. It does the trick. And furthermore, it
seems that HarfBuzz is more powerful, feature-rich and more actively
maintained currently.

Thanks again.
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Polytechnic Vocational and Technical University
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China