[SOLVED] Problem with slackrepo and f3

I cannot get the experimental version of f3 to build correctly with slackrepo. My f3.hint file:

cat /etc/slackrepo/SBo/hintfiles/f3.hint
EXPERIMENTAL="YES"
CFLAGS="-fgnu89-inline"

Does not work.

It does build correctly manually

wget -c https://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.2/system/f3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf f3.tar.gz
cd f3
wget -c 'https://github.com/AltraMayor/f3/archive/v6.0/f3-6.0.zip'
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fgnu89-inline"
export CFLAGS
EXPERIMENTAL=YES ./f3.SlackBuild
installpkg /tmp/f3-6.0-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz

What is wrong with my hint file?

That's not how hintfiles work. You can't just dump random stuff in them.

EXPERIMENTAL=YES is a SlackBuild option, so the correct hint would be OPTIONS="EXPERIMENTAL=YES".

What you are trying to do with CFLAGS is not supported. The "right thing", assuming this is needed for -current, would be to apply that fix to the SlackBuild in a temporary git branch and pass it upstream to ponce.

Edit: I've just had a chance to test build it with a hint OPTIONS="EXPERIMENTAL=YES" as above, and it builds ok like that on 14.2, it doesn't need CFLAGS to be set.

Originally Posted by 55020 That's not how hintfiles work. You can't just dump random stuff in them. EXPERIMENTAL=YES is a SlackBuild option, so the correct hint would be OPTIONS="EXPERIMENTAL=YES". What you are trying to do with CFLAGS is not supported. The "right thing", assuming this is needed for -current, would be to apply that fix to the SlackBuild in a temporary git branch and pass it upstream to ponce. Edit: I've just had a chance to test build it with a hint OPTIONS="EXPERIMENTAL=YES" as above, and it builds ok like that on 14.2, it doesn't need CFLAGS to be set.

It needs -fgnu89-inline if you use any optimizations.

I tested it and it seems to work OK with just the SlackBuild option.

Originally Posted by bilbod It needs -fgnu89-inline if you use any optimizations.

I tested it too and it seems not to need those...
Are you by any chance using a custom SlackBuild (not the one on SBo)?

bilbod --

You made me look

The f3.SlackBuild works OK here too without any mods ( other than EXPERIMENTAL=YES ./f3.SlackBuild )

One thing of note is that in the 'next version' ( f3 Version 7.0 and in the Current Source from AltraMayor's github Repo ), the EXPERIMENTAL=YES Flag will be/is replaced by 'extra' as in make extra && make install-extra instead of make experimental && make install-experimental ...

According to AltraMayor's github Issue Tracer Version 7.0 will be out later this year.

HTH.

-- kjh

Originally Posted by ponce I tested it too and it seems not to need those... Are you by any chance using a custom SlackBuild (not the one on SBo)?

I don't know enough to customize anything. I was using -O2 optimization and the experimental function did not get built without -fgnu89-inline in CFLAGS.

This is a quote from the author of f3:

"the problem seems to be a bug in the gnu c library argp. Upstream is aware of it and they should patch it eventually."

and he recommended using -fgnu89-inline in CFLAGS until they fix the library.

Without -O2 optimization you don't need to modify CFLAGS.

I don't modify anything anymore, I just use the defaults, slackrepo does all the work. I ran into trouble with f3 because I did not know how to put SlackBuild options in the hint file.

Originally Posted by kjhambrick bilbod -- You made me look The f3.SlackBuild works OK here too without any mods ( other than EXPERIMENTAL=YES ./f3.SlackBuild ) One thing of note is that in the 'next version' ( f3 Version 7.0 and in the Current Source from AltraMayor's github Repo ), the EXPERIMENTAL=YES Flag will be/is replaced by 'extra' as in make extra && make install-extra instead of make experimental && make install-experimental ... According to AltraMayor's github Issue Tracer Version 7.0 will be out later this year. HTH. -- kjh

That's good to know, thanks for the info.