Bug 2077 - can't compile
Summary: can't compile
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: 6.8.1
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: high blocker
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2004-12-14 09:29 UTC by fdelente
Modified: 2005-03-22 14:24 UTC (History)
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Description fdelente 2004-12-14 09:29:40 UTC 
I can't compile X.org/X11R6.8.1 from source.                                    
                                                                                
I run Linux 2.6.9 (self-compiled) with gcc-3.4.3 (self-compiled).               
                                                                                
Compiling X.org lead to an error (freetype2 headers were not found; they are    
in /usr/local/include/freetype2 and X.org searched them in                      
/usr/include/freetype2; symlinking from here to there solved the problem).      
                                                                                
Then compilation aborted because of a syntax error in an assembly file; I       
upgraded binutils from 2.13.2 to 2.15 and the faulty file compiled; however     
compilation stopped a few steps after, in                                       
build/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/misc/SlowBcopy:                    
                                                                                
gcc -m32 -c -x assembler -o SlowBcopy.o SlowBcopy.i                             
SlowBcopy.i: Assembler messages:                                                
SlowBcopy.i:686: Error: invalid character '(' in mnemonic                       
                                                                                
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Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2005-03-22 13:11:34 UTC 
unable to reproduce this.  it would help to know your exact binutils version.
Comment 2 fdelente 2005-03-23 06:50:55 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> unable to reproduce this.  it would help to know your exact binutils version.

I think they are binutils-2.15.90.0.3, but I don't remember if it was this
version when I first tried to compile X.org (I upgraded since).

Anyway, I managed to compile a few days after the bug report; it was cpp that
choked on some include files, because when I used gcc instead (I entered the
command line from make at the prompt, just substituting gcc for cpp), the
compilation succeeded, and the resulting server worked ok.

I since compiled 8.6.2 without trouble.
Comment 3 Adam Jackson 2005-03-23 09:24:08 UTC 
marking WORKSFORME then, we'll see if this resurfaces.  thanks!

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