slrn and slang 2.0.7 error

Hi,

I am running Slackware 12 and I have a suspicion that there may be a
problem in the default installation of the version 2 slang library.
This problem precludes compiling other versions of slrn. This may be
something of an issue as slrn is currently under active development
and may be approaching a new release hopefully before the new year.

Compiling slrn against the version 2 slang library initially fails on
my system with this message following chkslang:

******
slang.h does not match slang library version. Did you install slang
as as a shared library? Did you run ldconfig? You have an installation
problem and you will need to check the SLANG variables in the Makefile and
properly set them. Also try: make clean; make
******

slang.h version: 20006
libslang version 20007
make[1]: *** [slangversion] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/source/slrn/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2

The culprit appears to be an /extra/ slang.h in
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include/slang.h generated by
gcc fixincludes which contains the following lines:

#define SLANG_VERSION 20006
#define SLANG_VERSION_STRING "2.0.6"

Can I ask if I am the only one that has this problem, in which case it
is obviously something stupid that I have done, or is it a system
problem with Slackware 12? The temporary fix for me has been either:

1. Compile against a local slang library
2. mv /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include/slang.h
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include/slang.h_bak

and then compile as normal and all is well. But like all small problems
it has been niggling at me and I am very keen to see if this is a
widespread problem.

Andrew

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soiled, and has no pride.

[email]andrew@ilium.inva[/email]lid wrote:[color=blue]
>...
>
> slang.h version: 20006
> libslang version 20007
> make[1]: *** [slangversion] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/source/slrn/src'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> The culprit appears to be an /extra/ slang.h in
> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include/slang.h generated by
> gcc fixincludes which contains the following lines:
>
> #define SLANG_VERSION 20006
> #define SLANG_VERSION_STRING "2.0.6"
>
> Can I ask if I am the only one that has this problem, in which case it
> is obviously something stupid that I have done, or is it a system
> problem with Slackware 12?...[/color]

Confirmed. It looks to me like when he built gcc-4.1.2 he had slrn-2.0.6
installed, then later upgraded to slrn-2.0.7 (per ChangeLog for Slackware
12.0), but the gcc package kept the older file.

On 2007-11-27, ljb <lbayuk@pobox.com.deletethis> wrote:[color=blue]
> [email]andrew@ilium.inva[/email]lid wrote:[color=green]
>>...
>>
>> slang.h version: 20006
>> libslang version 20007
>> make[1]: *** [slangversion] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/andrew/source/slrn/src'
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>
>> The culprit appears to be an /extra/ slang.h in
>> /usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/include/slang.h generated by
>> gcc fixincludes which contains the following lines:
>>
>> #define SLANG_VERSION 20006
>> #define SLANG_VERSION_STRING "2.0.6"
>>
>> Can I ask if I am the only one that has this problem, in which case it
>> is obviously something stupid that I have done, or is it a system
>> problem with Slackware 12?...[/color]
>
> Confirmed. It looks to me like when he built gcc-4.1.2 he had slrn-2.0.6
> installed, then later upgraded to slrn-2.0.7 (per ChangeLog for Slackware
> 12.0), but the gcc package kept the older file.[/color]

Thanks for that. I will send a bug report although the only address I
have been able to find is PV's amail address @slackware.com.

Andrew


--
Now I can praise him, now that I can stand by to mourn
and speak before this web that killed my father; yet
I grieve for the thing done, the death, and all our race.
I have won; but my victory is soiled, and has no pride.