Re: guile-sdl compilation error

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

   From: address@hidden (klaus schilling)
   Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:46:24 +0100

   I get compilation errors for guile-sdl woth guile-sdl 0.2

you should try guile-sdl 0.2.2, which fixes some C pre-processor abuses,
which may be the reason for the errors you see...

   and guile 1.6.4.

   sdlsurface.x: In function `gsdl_init_surface':
   sdlsurface.x:4: `smob' undeclared (first use in this function)
   sdlsurface.x:4: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
   sdlsurface.x:4: for each function it appears in.)
   sdlsurface.x:4: warning: `return' with a value, in function returning void
   sdlsurface.x:5: warning: `return' with a value, in function returning void
   sdlsurface.x:6: warning: `return' with a value, in function returning void
   sdlsurface.x:8: parse error before `;'
   sdlsurface.x:9: parse error before `surface_p'
   sdlsurface.x:21: warning: This file contains more `{'s than `}'s.
   sdlsurface.x:7: warning: unused variable `FUNC_NAME'
   [...]

   what's the reason for the error?
   the obnoxious sdlsurface.x seems to be generated on the fly,

another reason may be that the method for generating .x files is buggy.
the configure script prefers "guile-tools c2x" if you have it -- it is
more robust than guile-snarf, which is the fallback.  c2x is included w/
guile 1.4.1.98; see <http://www.glug.org/alt/>.

here's a simple script you can use to build things unattended (it
presumes availability of GNU tar and wget in your PATH):

  glug="http://www.glug.org";
  mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/eval/bin
  PATH=$HOME/tmp/eval/bin:$PATH
  mkdir -p $HOME/tmp/eval/src+build
  cd $HOME/tmp/eval/src+build
  wget ${glug}/alt/guile-1.4.1.98.tar.gz
  tar xzf guile-1.4.1.98.tar.gz
  cd guile-1.4.1.98
  ./configure --prefix $HOME/tmp/eval
  make && make check && make install && make installcheck
  cd ..
  wget ${glug}/people/ttn/software/guile-sdl/guile-sdl-0.2.2.tar.gz
  tar xzf guile-sdl-0.2.2.tar.gz
  cd guile-sdl-0.2.2
  ./configure --prefix $HOME/tmp/eval
  make && make check && make install

for the guile-sdl "make check" you can try "make check INTERACTIVE=1"
instead, to enable tests that require user interaction.  after you are
done, you can do "rm -rf $HOME/tmp/eval" to clean up everything.

thi