./configure was blowing up on recently updated arch linux

ghost commented 7 years ago

Related to this issue...

https://github.com/free-wheeling/freewheeling/issues/1

I had to do some automake/autoconf incantations to build from source using ./configure;make;make install. Don't properly understand the PKGBUILD song & dance so haven't tested that...

bill-auger commented 7 years ago

thanks @rick-monster -

ive been working on this on and off - the autotools files were very outdated and i suspect that is the source of your errors - ive updated them locally but i have not pushed yet - it's not quite ready yet but let me know if you would like to try building that branch and ill put it up as is - i also have an updated PKGBUILD file that is working for me on parabola

the PKGBUILD system is quite simple to use - you just run makepkg -si - and it does everything else automatic:

installs build dependencies with pacman (the -s switch)
downloads a tarball or clones a git repo
builds the program
creates an arch package
installs the package (the -i switch) then you can add or remove the package like any other with pacman

bill-auger commented 7 years ago

@rick-monster -

i have rebased 'arch' branch that now has the upgraded autotools files - i just built it on parabola np (but then again i had no problem before either)

i notice that i can get a similar diff if i reconfigure on either 32-bit or 64-bit parabola but again it builds fine either way

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