/usr/ports/devel/icu does not compile

[Nathan Whitehorn]

On 11/20/13 08:59, Frank Pfabigan wrote:
> currently, i can't access files and screenoutput from my main computer
> (where i am sitting right now writing this mail ^^).
>
> in the output of /usr/ports/devel/icu compilation are a lot of
> "missing binary operator before (" errors running very fast over the
> screen ;-)
>
> i'm typing some lines from the screen of the mac mini (one of the
> error lines):
>
> ...
> /usr/include/stdint.h:68:68: error: missing binary operator before
> token "("
> gmake[1]: *** [errorcode.ao <http://errorcode.ao>] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/ports/devel/icu/work/icu/source/common'
> gmake: ** [all-recursive] Error 2
> ===> Compilation failed unexpectedly.
> ..

That's a very odd error. I wonder if you have some kind of disk
corruption. Could you let us know what FreeBSD release you are using and
what line 8 of /usr/include/stdint.h actually is?
-Nathan

>
> can you guess what is wrong from these lines?
>
> it's a pity that "pkg_add -r xfce" or "pkg_add -r icu" doesn't fetch
> any binary-ready package.
>
>
> thanks for the tipp with
> make config-recursive
> ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> 2013/11/20 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at freebsd.org
> <mailto:nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>>
>
>     On 11/20/13 08:40, Frank Pfabigan wrote:
>
>         thanks for the tip ^^
>
>         when i try to compile /usr/ports/lang/gcc46 (4.6.4) it says
>         that this
>         conflicts with gcc4.6.3 and suggests that i should first
>         remove gcc4.6.3.
>
>         but... if i do so, what will compile the sources of gcc4.6.4? ^^
>
>
>     Could you post the error message you get from compiling icu? I
>     haven't had any trouble with it.
>
>
>         how do i fix this issue? ;-)
>
>         and: yes. every compile-run takes nearly a day ;-) compiling X
>         was endless
>         (but works). is there a way to answer all questions during
>         compilation per
>         default so that i can compile sources unattended? (because i'm
>         sleeping
>         sometimes ^^).
>
>
>     make config-recursive is your friend here
>     -Nathan
>
>
>
>         2013/11/20 Luciano Mannucci <l at mcs.it <mailto:l at mcs.it>>
>
>             On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 11:34:47 +0100
>             Frank Pfabigan <frank.pfabigan at gmail.com
>             <mailto:frank.pfabigan at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 is /usr/ports/devel/icu, which will not compile so
>                 that neither kde,
>
>             gnome,
>
>                 xfce will be built.
>
>                 the only window manager so far that works is
>                 enlightenment (0.17).
>
>             I'm running xfce on my old (1998) powerbook. It works like
>             a charm :-)
>             I remember having had a hard time compiling icu, I don't
>             remember what
>             fixed the thigie though.
>             Maybe it needs gcc46.
>             Or maybe it was not enough swap space.
>             You may wish ti try. Once compiled gcc46 from the ports, just
>             issue "setenv CC gcc46" and "setenv GXX g++46" and type a
>             make install clean in the icu directory.
>             Good luck, BTW... :-)
>
>             Now I'm trying to compile webkit-gtk2 (needed - among
>             others - by
>             gnome). I'm still trying to understand what's going wrong
>             (each
>             attempt costs more then 24 hours compilation :). I'll
>             report the
>             results once I have some... :-)
>
>             Cheers,
>
>             Luciano.
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