inkscape dev version compile error

[Sam Petrocelli]

Running fedora 19, up-to-date.

Output from configure:

        Source code location: .
        Destination path prefix: /usr/local
        Compiler: g++
        CPPFLAGS: -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGLIBMM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGDKMM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGTK_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -DGTK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -DGTKMM_DISABLE_DEPRECATED -Werror=format-security -Wswitch -Werror=return-type -DGSEAL_ENABLE -DG_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES -Wall -Wformat -Wformat-security -W -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
        CXXFLAGS: -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wsign-compare -Woverloaded-virtual -Wswitch -Wno-unused-parameter -g -O2 -fopenmp
        CFLAGS: -Wno-pointer-sign -g -O2
        LDFLAGS: -Wl,-z,relro

        Use gnome-vfs: yes
        Use openoffice files: yes
        Use relocation support: no
        Enable LittleCms: yes
        Enable DBUS: no
        Enable Poppler-Cairo: yes
        ImageMagick Magick++: yes
        Libwpg: yes
        Libvisio: yes
        Libcdr: yes
        Doing Local Install: no

These are versions of some possible culprits:

gcc (GCC) 4.8.3 20140624 (Red Hat 4.8.3-1)
glibmm24-devel - Version 2.36.2
gsl-devel - Version 1.15
gtkmm24-devel - Version 2.24.2

I get the following error during compilation:

make all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape/src'
make all-am
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape/src'
  AR libcroco/libcroco.a
  AR libavoid/libavoid.a
  AR libgdl/libgdl.a
  AR libuemf/libuemf.a
  AR libcola/libcola.a
  AR libvpsc/libvpsc.a
  AR livarot/libvarot.a
  AR 2geom/lib2geom.a
  AR libdepixelize/libdepixelize.a
  AR libinkversion.a
  CXX extension/init.o
In file included from extension/internal/vsd-input.h:23:0,
                 from extension/init.cpp:56:
/usr/include/glibmm-2.4/glibmm/threads.h:203:11: error: field ‘gobject_’ has incomplete type
   GThread gobject_;
           ^
/usr/include/glibmm-2.4/glibmm/threads.h: In member function ‘GThread* Glib::Threads::Thread::gobj()’:
/usr/include/glibmm-2.4/glibmm/threads.h:199:41: error: ‘gobject_’ was not declared in this scope
   GThread* gobj() { return &gobject_; }
                                         ^
/usr/include/glibmm-2.4/glibmm/threads.h: In member function ‘const GThread* Glib::Threads::Thread::gobj() const’:
/usr/include/glibmm-2.4/glibmm/threads.h:200:41: error: ‘gobject_’ was not declared in this scope
   const GThread* gobj() const { return &gobject_; }
                                         ^
In file included from /usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/dialog.h:30:0,
                 from extension/internal/vsd-input.h:26,
                 from extension/init.cpp:56:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: At global scope:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:105:1: error: expected class-name before ‘{’ token
 {
 ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:112:10: error: ‘_GtkBoxChild’ does not name a type
   inline _GtkBoxChild* gobj() { return this; }
          ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:114:16: error: ‘_GtkBoxChild’ does not name a type
   inline const _GtkBoxChild* gobj() const { return this; }
                ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: In member function ‘guint16 Gtk::Box_Helpers::Child::get_padding() const’:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:118:55: error: ‘gobj’ was not declared in this scope
   inline guint16 get_padding() const { return (gobj()->padding); }
                                                       ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: In member function ‘bool Gtk::Box_Helpers::Child::get_expand() const’:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:119:55: error: ‘gobj’ was not declared in this scope
   inline bool get_expand() const { return (gobj()->expand); }
                                                       ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: In member function ‘bool Gtk::Box_Helpers::Child::get_fill() const’:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:120:55: error: ‘gobj’ was not declared in this scope
   inline bool get_fill() const { return (gobj()->fill); }
                                                       ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: In member function ‘bool Gtk::Box_Helpers::Child::get_pack() const’:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:121:55: error: ‘gobj’ was not declared in this scope
   inline bool get_pack() const { return (gobj()->pack); }
                                                       ^
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h: In member function ‘GtkBox* Gtk::Box_Helpers::Child::parent()’:
/usr/include/gtkmm-2.4/gtkmm/box.h:130:52: error: ‘gobj’ was not declared in this scope
     { return (GtkBox*) (gtk_widget_get_parent(gobj()->widget)); }
                                                    ^
make[3]: *** [extension/init.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/inkscape'
make: *** [all] Error 2

[Liam P. White (liampwhite)]

This is because the glibmm devs apparently do not understand that G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED means that you cannot use anything deprecated.

If you really need it to compile, remove G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED from the Makefile.

Proposing to link as duplicate to bug #1122774 "Build failure (trunk) on Ubuntu Raring and Fedora 18".

[Alex Valavanis (valavanisalex)]

I haven't tried it, but we could probably get rid of all these annoying errors by replacing all inclusions of glib.h, gtk.h etc with their C++ equivalents. Ultimately, I guess we'll want to do that anyway as part of the C++ification drive.