Re: [bug-mailutils] CVS checkout doesn't build

[Helmut Leitner]

Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
> Helmut Leitner <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>
> > Using gcc 2.95.3 I get on "make":
> >  getpass.c: In function `gnu_getpass':
> >  getpass.c:90: `_Bool' undeclared (first use in this function)
>
>
> Mailutils provides a replacement for stdbool.h which should be built if
> the system does not have this header or it is unusable. Please check if
> file mailbox/stdbool.h exists. 

mailbox/stdbool.h exists

> ...
> If it does, try manually modifying lib/Makefile as follows:
> find the variable INCLUDES and append -I${top_builddir}/mailbox to it.
> Then recompile the package.

Ok, I've done that but the error is not affected.

The makefile line

INCLUDES = -I${srcdir} -I${top_srcdir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/lib 
-I${top_builddir} -I${top_builddir}/include
-I${top_builddir}/include/mailutils/gnu -I${top_srcdir}/mailbox 
-I${top_builddir}/mailbox


seems to resolve to with
  DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)
to

 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I. -I../include -I../lib -I.. -I../include 
-I../include/mailutils/gnu -I../mailbox
-I../mailbox -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -g -O2 -c getpass.c 
-Wp,-MD,.deps/getpass.TPlo  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/getpass.o

so the appended dirspec seems to change nothing with respect to the overall 
include environment.

> > Using gcc 3.4.5 or gcc 4.0.2 I get on "make":
> >
> >  mailutils.texi:43: Unknown command `copying'.
> >  mailutils.texi:61: Unmatched address@hidden'.
>
>
> You need to have latest texinfo (at least v. 4.7) to build the docs. 

Installed is
  texinfo-4.8

> If
> the docs are not a concern, just run `make -k' and ignore any errors from
> doc/ subdirectory.

I'd prefer to understand and solve this problem.

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