Re: error while compiling emacs 24.5

[Glenn Morris]

"osama mak" wrote:

>    with CFLAGS = '-O3 -static'

I guess all your problems stem from trying to compile a statically
linked Emacs. Are you sure you want to do that?

>    /usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.a(li
>    bgio_2_0_la-glocalfileinfo.o): In function `set_selinux_context':

Looks like you need to install the static version of libselinux;
or ensure it gets added to the build.

>    /usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.a(li
>    bgio_2_0_la-giomodule.o): In function `g_io_module_unload_module':
>    (.text+0xf1): undefined reference to `g_module_close'

Ditto for glib.

>    /usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.a(li
>    bgio_2_0_la-gthreadedresolver.o): In function
>    `g_resolver_records_from_res_query':
>    (.text+0x840): undefined reference to `__dn_expand'

Ditto for libresolv?

>    /usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.
>    a(libgobject_2_0_la-gclosure.o): In function `value_to_ffi_type':
>    (.text+0x244): undefined reference to `ffi_type_uint32'

Ditto for libffi?

>    /usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/../../../i386-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.a(l
>    ibglib_2_0_la-gregex.o): In function `get_matched_substring_number':
>    (.text+0x201): undefined reference to `pcre_get_stringtable_entries'

Ditto for pcre.


I'm sure it's much easier to compile a dynamically-linked version.