[FTBFS] cone 0.74-1 (Hardy) fails to build on Gutsy box

[Pawel Tecza]

Binary package hint: cone

I'm trying to build Hardy source package of cone 0.74-1 on my Gutsy box,
but no success.

At first, I was missing g++ package, so my `dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -rfakeroot`
command failed like below:

[...]
checking for C++ compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
configure: error: ./configure failed for curses
make: *** [config.status] Error 1

BTW, could you please add g++ package to Build-Depends: field of debian/control file?
I think it can be helpful for another people who want to build and test the latest
version of Cone on Ubuntu box.

Now I have package g++-4.1 installed, but I still can't build Cone. Below is a piece
of output of dpkg-buildpackage tool:

dpkg-buildpackage: source package is cone
dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 0.74-1
dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Varun Hiremath <email address hidden>
dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
dpkg-buildpackage: source version without epoch 0.74-1
 fakeroot debian/rules clean
test -x debian/rules
test "`id -u`" = 0
for i in ./unicode/config.guess ./config.guess ./unicode/config.sub ./config.sub ./cone/config.rpath ./config.rpath ; do \
                if test -e $i.cdbs-orig ; then \
                        mv $i.cdbs-orig $i ; \
                fi ; \
        done
/usr/bin/make -C . -k distclean
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74'
Making distclean in cone
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74/cone'
make[2]: *** No rule to make target `distclean'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74/cone'
[...]
touch debian/stamp-autotools-files
/usr/bin/make -C .
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74'
echo "0.74" | cmp -s - coneversion && exit 0; echo "0.74" >coneversion
cd . && /bin/sh ./config.status config.h
config.status: creating config.h
/usr/bin/make all-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74'
Making all in unicode
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74/unicode'
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74/unicode'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ptecza/Ubuntu/Packages/cone/cone-0.74'
make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2

If you want I can send you the full log of dpkg-buildpackage utility.

Now I don't have idea how to resolve the problem. Maybe something is missing
in debian/rules file? It's the shortest rules file I have ever seen :)

I've also tried to build Debian source package of cone 0.74-2. It has short rules file
too, but it builds successfully.

[Pawel Tecza (ptecza)]

On Cz, 2008-02-07 at 19:44 +0000, Daniel Schwitzgebel wrote:
> ** Changed in: cone (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** bug changed to question:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cone/+question/24120

Question? What is the question? Sorry, but I don't understand your change.

For me it's just bug report, because a Debian source package for the same version
of cone builds successfully on my Gutsy box, but the Ubuntu source package fails.