can someone give me a few quick pointers on how to fix this problem so that the source can compile?

Linux RH 7.3

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usr/local/lib/gaim/\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -I../plugins -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -g -O2 -Wall -g3 -MT gtkconn.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/gtkconn.Tpo" -c -o gtkconn.o gtkconn.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/gtkconn.Tpo" ".deps/gtkconn.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/gtkconn.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -DDATADIR=\"/usr/local/share\" -DLIBDIR=\"/usr/local/lib/gaim/\" -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -I../plugins -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -g -O2 -Wall -g3 -MT gtkconv.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/gtkconv.Tpo" -c -o gtkconv.o gtkconv.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/gtkconv.Tpo" ".deps/gtkconv.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/gtkconv.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
gtkconv.c: In function `gaim_gtkconv_chat_remove_users':
gtkconv.c:5395: void value not ignored as it ought to be
gtkconv.c:5372: warning: `f' might be used uninitialized in this function
make[3]: *** [gtkconv.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/xieu/downloads/gaim-0.81/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/xieu/downloads/gaim-0.81/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/xieu/downloads/gaim-0.81'
make: *** [all] Error 2
[xieu@naruto gaim-0.81]$ gcc --version
2.96

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any pointers appreciated.

thanks.

What does ./configure says?. I doubt though, that you will be able to compile Gaim with Redhat 7.3. Redhat 7.3 is pretty dated (but still my favorite Redhat distro, along with Redhat 9.0) today, so the amount of dependencies that you will need to upgrade will be a lot, specially gcc and gtk.

I'd recommend you getting the gaim rpm 0.81 rpm for Redhat 8.0 and making a force install with --nodeps. There's a tiny chance that it will work.

If you still want to try to compile, please post the ./configure errors

Good luck!

hey megaman,

thx for the reply and pointer.

i was just lucky enough to have just got it working...

i just downloaded the src.rpm and rebuilt it and it worked...

for those who want to know what i did.

1. if ./configure seems to go fine and allow you to compile the program but fails like mine, then just download the src.rpm and build an rpm package yourself.
2. in the source dir of the *.src.rpm package, as root type:

rpmbuild --rebuild gaim-0.81-0.src.rpm

3. this should create two rpm packages located in:

/usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386

both a devel and regular package will be availible

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and side note megaman,

im running RH 7.3 because checkpoints VPN-1 client is only availible for RH 6.2, RH 7.2, and RH 7.3 with specific kernels...

in my case im running RH 7.3 with Kernel 2.4.18-10 (the lastest the client supports)

i cant complain, it has dectected all my hardware and it has been solid so far

but i do miss the 2.6 kernels since ALSA is so nicely tied in... sigh*

wow, great info duaux!. Thanks for sharing it