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  Re: Unable to build: Redux  
From: Anthony D  Baye
Date: 31 May 2018 15:25:01
Message: <web.5b104b41c46d242dfd6b6fe10@news.povray.org>
clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Am 31.05.2018 um 00:35 schrieb Anthony D. Baye:
> > Every time I think about checking for replies here, something else takes my
> > attention.
>
> Well, as a consequence your pastebin upload of the config.log has
> expired, so you may need to poste that one again.
>
> > Here is the entire make log:
>
> Two things I've noticed so far:
>
> (1) There is an extra `-D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -pthread` sequence
> in the compiler flags that doesn't look familiar; while I don't think
> it's causing the trouble, I wonder why they're in there, and whether you
> really need them.
>
> (2) This one:
>
> > ..../config.h:258:0: note: this is the location of the previous definition
> >  #define PACKAGE_VERSION "3.8.0-alpha"
>
> As mentioned in `./README.md`, please *DO NOT* build from the master
> branch, but rather from tagged versions. That way, we can reconstruct
> _exactly_ what version you downloaded and are now trying to build.
>
> Tagged versions can be found here:
>
> https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/tags
>
>
> To further diagnose your issue, please proceed as follows:
>
> (1) Create a new directory, and download v3.8.0-alpha.9606898 there, so
> that we know exactly what source code version you have, and that it is
> unblemished pure original code.
>
> (2) Try building again. Please make sure to store the output of all the
> steps (prebuild, configure, make) somewhere for later reference.
>
> If that still doesn't work, and results in the same error messages:
>
> (3) In `source/backend/povray.cpp`, please insert new lines before and
> after line 61 (`#ifdef POV_CPUINFO_H`), reading `#warning "testing
> POV_CPUINFO_H in povray.cpp"` and  `#warning "POV_CPUINFO_H defined in
> povray.cpp"`, respectively.
>
> (4) In `platform/x86/cpuid.h`, please insert new lines before and after
> line 37 (`#ifndef POVRAY_CPUID_H`), reading `#warning "testing for
> first-time visit of cpuid.h"` and  `#warning "first-time visit of
> cpuid.h"`, respectively.
>
> (5) Run `make` again and post the output. Please also include the
> (up-to-date) config.log again. Verbatim output of the configure step
> would also be neat (while the very same info can be gleaned from
> config.log, that's a bit tedious).
>
>
> Also, you still didn't let us know the OS you're using (distro and
> version, at the very least); I guess it /may/ also be inferred from
> `config.log`, but I'd prefer not having to dig.

I'll DL again, but I haven't altered the source my so much as a semicolon. This
stuff is so far beyond me I wouldn't know where to start.

ADB


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