[arch-general] Trouble Building Xorg-Server (Modified PKGBUILD)

[Eric Bélanger]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM, kludge <drkludge at rat-patrol.org> wrote:
> Eric Bélanger wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM, kludge <drkludge at rat-patrol.org> wrote:
>>> greets, all!
>>>
>>> ever since the release of xorg-server 1.5.3, i've been using a modified
>>> PKGBUILD to build xorg-server sans hal and dbus.  (not gonna try
>>> justifying it again; that'd just lead to yet another flame war.)
>>>
>>> i've never had a problem until the 1.6.1-1 PKGBUILD, which adds the lines:
>>>
>>>  libtoolize --force || return 1
>>>  aclocal || return 1
>>>  autoconf || return 1
>>>  automake --add-missing || return 1
>>>
>>> these added lines produce:
>>>
>>> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
>>> libtoolize: linking file `./ltmain.sh'
>>> libtoolize: Consider adding `AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])' to configure.ac and
>>> libtoolize: rerunning libtoolize, to keep the correct libtool macros
>>> in-tree.
>>> libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
>>> hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
>>> hw/dmx/doc/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
>>> hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:24: BUILD_LINUXDOC does not appear in
>>> AM_CONDITIONAL
>>> hw/xfree86/doc/sgml/Makefile.am:27: BUILD_PDFDOC does not appear in
>>> AM_CONDITIONAL
>>> ==> ERROR: Build Failed.
>>>    Aborting...
>>>
>>> </ snip>
>>>
>>
>> Add xorg-util-macros in the makedepends.
>>
>
> that seems to have done the trick.  many thanks.
>
> out of curiosity, why isn't xorg-util-macros in the makedepends of the
> stock PKGBUILD?
>
> -kludge
>

It was forgotten. I'll add it.