Inkscape build failure [was: error configuring inkscape

[Ernest Sales]

On Wed, 09 May 2007 17:14:44 +0900 Alexander Nedotsukov wrote:

> It seems you have a problem with devel/boehm-gc installation.
> Basically you have to succeed with this:
> 
> $cat > test.cpp
>              # include <gc/gc.h>
>              #include <stdio.h>
>              extern unsigned GC_version;
>              int main(void){
>                  unsigned min = ((6 << 16) | (4 << 8) | 0);
>                  printf("%d.%d.%d ",GC_version >> 16, 
> (GC_version >> 8) 
> & 0xFF, GC_version & 0xFF);
>                  if (GC_version>=min) return 0;
>                  return 1;
>              }
> ^D
> $c++ -o conftest -O -pipe -march=pentium-m -fconserve-space 
> -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 
> -I/usr/X11R6/include  -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -pthread 
> test.cpp -lgc
> $./conftest
> 6.8.255
> $
> 
> Try to rebuild boehm-gc (even better do it with default 
> options set). It 
> this does not help show us backtrace.
> 
> Alexander.

Indeed:

# ./conftest
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#

But after configuring bohem-gc with default options:

# ./conftest
6.8.255
#

and all builds smoothly... thanks!

(Sorry that it took me so long to reply. My ISP kept me offline for 24
hours.)