[kde-linux] Building KDEPIM 4.7 from the GIT repository

[James Tyrer]

On 12/20/2011 09:35 PM, Duncan wrote:
> James Tyrer posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:58:42 -0700 as excerpted:
>
>> On 12/19/2011 05:54 PM, Duncan wrote:
>>> James Tyrer posted on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:56:26 -0700 as excerpted:
>>>
>>>> On 12/19/2011 02:16 PM, James Tyrer wrote:
>>>>> For several weeks building KDEPIM from GIT "origin/KDE/4.7" has
>>>>> failed with this error:
>>>>>
>>>>> /usr/GIT/KDE/kdepim/messagecomposer/akonadisender.cpp:138: error:
>>>>> reference to 'Message' is ambiguous
>>>>>
>>>>> However the tag v4.7.3 builds OK, indicating that the source was
>>>>> broken since release 4.7.3 was tagged. Now, release 4.7.4 has been
>>>>> tagged and it will not build.
>
>>> Have you tried git bisect-ing the problem?
>
>> Yes, I have it down to the file and the changes in that file that broke
>> it.
>>
>> I upgraded GCC and now it builds -- my compiler was getting a bit old
>> although it isn't really safe to install the newest version either.
>>
>> But, that doesn't establish whether it was illegal code or not since the
>> GCC compilers will often compile code that isn't legal.
>
> You know how to frustrate a person, don't you? =:^(  You mention the old
> compiler that was broken with the code was a bit old, and that the new
> one isn't broken, but not a hint to be seen about what the actual version
> was of either one!<grr!>
>
I was still using 4.4.4 and have now upgraded to 4.5 (BLFS was up to 
4.5.1).  I suppose that I could upgrade to 4.5.3 now that I have gone 
through a major problem with upgrading ppl, cloog, gmp, mpfr, & mpc -- 
they need to be built with the current compiler and the compiler needs 
to be be built with the current build -- not a circular dependency, but 
still circular.

-- 
James Tyrer

Linux (mostly) From Scratch