Error with node-waf configure build

[RobeeeJay]

Using Centos 5.7, trying to build this with Node.js 0.4.12, get the error below. :( I definitely have xml2 and xslt libraries installed, and xml2-config is in the path.

node-waf configure build

Checking for program g++ or c++ : /usr/bin/g++ Checking for program cpp : /usr/bin/cpp Checking for program ar : /usr/bin/ar Checking for program ranlib : /usr/bin/ranlib Checking for g++ : ok
Checking for node path : ok /root/.node_libraries Checking for node prefix : ok /usr/local Checking for library ['xml2', 'xslt'] : no such environment: default Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/node-waf", line 16, in ? Scripting.prepare(t, os.getcwd(), VERSION, wafdir) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 145, in prepare prepare_impl(t, cwd, ver, wafdir) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 135, in prepare_impl main() File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 188, in main fun(ctx) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 241, in configure conf.sub_config(['']) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Configure.py", line 221, in sub_config self.recurse(k, name='configure') File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 634, in recurse f(self) File "/var/www/bahblah-node_xslt-34c6509/wscript", line 13, in configure conf.check(lib=['xml2', 'xslt'], uselib_store='M', mandatory=True) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py", line 444, in check ret = self.run_c_code(_k, _kw) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py", line 521, in run_c_code o = bld(features=kw['features'], source=test_f_name, target='testprog') File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Build.py", line 343, in call return TaskGen.task_gen(_k, _kw) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/TaskGen.py", line 118, in init self.env = self.bld.env.copy()

[bsuh]

Looks like it's a problem with node-waf. Try the workaround mentioned at http://archive.cnblogs.com/a/2178519/

[RobeeeJay]

Thanks very much for the fast reply!

Making that workaround fixed the error, but gave me another, shown below. However I was able to work around it by changing the obj.cxxflags line in wscript line with the actual output of xml2-config --cflags.

Thanks for your help and work!

Waf: Entering directory `/var/www/bahblah-node_xslt-34c6509/build' Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/node-waf", line 16, in ? Scripting.prepare(t, os.getcwd(), VERSION, wafdir) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 145, in prepare prepare_impl(t, cwd, ver, wafdir) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 135, in prepare_impl main() File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 188, in main fun(ctx) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 386, in build return build_impl(bld) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 399, in build_impl bld.add_subdirs([os.path.split(Utils.g_module.root_path)[0]]) File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Build.py", line 981, in add_subdirs self.recurse(dirs, 'build') File "/usr/local/bin/../lib/node/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 634, in recurse f(self) File "/var/www/bahblah-node_xslt-34c6509/wscript", line 19, in build obj.cxxflags = subprocess.check_output(["xml2-config", "--cflags"]).strip() AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'check_output'

[bsuh]

Thanks for bringing that up. I've fixed the build script to work with Python versions below 2.7.

[RobeeeJay]

Great, thanks once again for your efforts!