complie error in libx11-1.8.1

linus.hsao · 12-15-2022, 03:32 PM

host: debian 11(testing/bulleyes)
lfs version : 11.2
in section bfs, compile the libx11-1.8.1 failed.
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i had finished LFS, added wireless support and working fine, so continue to working on BFS about X-WINDOW(Xorg Libraries)

everything is fine at ./configure as follow:

Code:

./configure $XORG_CONFIG --disable-thread-safety-constructor

result is:

Code:

X11 will be built with the following settings:
 Loadable i18n module support:            no
 Loadable xcursor library support:        yes
 Threading support:                       yes
 Use Threads safe API:                    yes
 Threads stubs in libX11:                 no
 XCMS:                                    yes
 Internationalization support:            yes
 XF86BigFont support:                     yes
 XKB support:                             yes
 XLOCALEDIR environment variable support: yes
 Compose table cache enabled:             yes
 Functional specs building enabled:       yes

but got errors when execute make, error msg just like this:

Code:

/usr/X11/include/X11/extensions/XKBproto.h:702:41: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute__' before '_X_NONSTRING'
  702 |    CARD8        over[XkbKeyNameLength]  _X_NONSTRING;
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../../include/X11/XKBlib.h:31,
                 from XKBlibint.h:31,
                 from XKB.c:33:
/usr/X11/include/X11/extensions/XKBstr.h:405:41: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute_ ' before '_X_NONSTRING'
  405 |         char    name[XkbKeyNameLength]  _X_NONSTRING;
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/X11/include/X11/extensions/XKBstr.h:409:41: error: expected ':', ',', ';', '}' or '__attribute_ ' before '_X_NONSTRING'
  409 |         char    real[XkbKeyNameLength]  _X_NONSTRING;
      |                                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~
make[3]: *** [Makefile:519: XKB.lo] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[3]: *** [Makefile:519: XKBBind.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/opt/repository/X/sources/lib/libX11-1.8.1/src/xkb'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:1266: all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/repository/X/sources/lib/libX11-1.8.1/src'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:824: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/repository/X/sources/lib/libX11-1.8.1/src'
make: *** [Makefile:526: all-recursive] Error 1

tks for your reply.

business_kid · 12-16-2022, 08:12 AM

What you posted (3rd box) was a compile tail-spinning into the ground. We need to see what shot it down.
cd back into the directory, type

Code:

make >somefilename.txt 2>&1

and then and then post or pastebin that file if it's big. It's usually manageable.

xlfs-0.2 · 12-26-2022, 12:45 AM

I see two possible failures.

no) your CFLAGS doesn't have all the -I to find all the .h so it found some not all leaving some things undefined. probably not that.

2) XkbKeyNameLength is ill defined because it isn't define because you have the wrong versions of (xcb-util, xproto) installed, and and creates non-recognition occurs since it actually aint there yet.

3) you somehow have (you didn't show much of the Make log) CFLAGS="std=gnu++11" where CLFAGS="std=gnu89" is useful, which then flubs on new syntax and creates non-recognition.

4) trash in your ENV or CFLAGS which prevents the build from finding things normally.

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make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src8/libX11-1.8.1/src/xkb'
CC XKB.lo
* CC XKBBind.lo
CC XKBCompat.lo

!!!!!!!
configure ...

Loadable i18n module support: no
Loadable xcursor library support: yes
XKB support: yes
XF86BigFont support: yes

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/app64 --exec-prefix=/usr/local/app64 --datarootdir=/usr/local/app64/share --datadir=/usr/loca /app64/share --sysconfdir=/usr/local/app64/etc --libdir=/usr/loca /app64/lib64 --with-gnu-ld --without-xmlto

CFLAGS=' -O1 -march=x86-64 -mtune=core2 -I/usr/local/comp64/include -I /usr/local/comp64/usr/include -I/usr/local/comp64/include -I/usr/local/comp64/usr/include -I/usr/local/app64/include -I/usr/local/app64/usr/include -I/usr/include -std=gnu89 '

ENV='omitted, too long for post'

that should do it. libX11 is usually an easy compile, assuming pre-requirements are already compiled and installed. i have 0 fixes for building libX11 since it *should* work if anything (in the area) is working.

xlfs-0.2 · 12-26-2022, 12:51 AM

maybe: you might be doing something wrong like ...

* you know you can't compile a new version while an old version is installed - the headers will get mixed together while compiling

predators46 · 11-01-2023, 11:28 PM

i found the same problem while building in openwrt. This problem is caused by xorgproto version 2023, you can use another version. I hope someone reports this issue in developer. Thank you