Building vte fails

[David Evans]

Janosch Peters wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I'd like to install gtk-sharp which depends on vte. Unfortunately, vte 
> fails to build. Because I found nothing on the net, I assume that it 
> has sth to do with my configuration, but I dont know what it could be.
>
> Any ideas are highly appreciated.
>
> cheers,
> Janosch
>
> --->  Building vte
> Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command " cd "/opt/
> local/var/macports/build/
> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_gnome_
> vte/work/vte-0.20.5" && make all " returned error 2
> Command output: vtebg.c: At top level:
> vtebg.c:107: warning: declaration of 'atom' shadows a global 
> declaration
> vtebg.c:83: warning: shadowed declaration is here
> vtebg.c:109: error: syntax error before 'XID'
> vtebg.c:110: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype
> vtebg.c: In function '_vte_property_get_pixmaps':
> vtebg.c:110: warning: old-style function definition
> vtebg.c:111: error: 'window' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:111: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> vtebg.c:111: error: for each function it appears in.)
> vtebg.c:114: error: 'type' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:114: error: 'size' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:115: error: 'pixmaps' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c: In function 'vte_bg_root_pixmap':
> vtebg.c:124: error: 'XID' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:124: error: 'pixmaps' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:129: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> vtebg.c:129: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> vtebg.c:135: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> vtebg.c: In function 'vte_bg_root_filter':
> vtebg.c:166: error: 'XEvent' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:166: error: 'xevent' undeclared (first use in this function)
> vtebg.c:166: error: syntax error before ')' token
> vtebg.c:171: error: 'PropertyNotify' undeclared (first use in this 
> function)
> vtebg.c:173: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> vtebg.c:174: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
> make[3]: *** [libvte_la-vtebg.lo] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
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Janosch --

After seeing your email, I rebuilt vte here and did not encounter any 
problems so I need more information to diagnose what the
problem is.

First of all, make doubly certain that your ports are up to date by 
doing the following:

sudo port clean vte
sudo port selfupdate
sudo port upgrade outdated

then try and build vte again using debug mode

sudo port -d build vte

and if it fails again open a ticket against vte on track 
(http://trac.macports.org) including the full debug output
and specifying the following information about your system

Mac OS X version
Hardware (intel/ppc)
XCode Version installed

and we can go from there

at first glimpse it looks like an X11 related problem but need the 
detail to tell for sure

Dave