Having trouble building GnuPG's GPA

Lufbery · 03-15-2010, 09:38 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to build an updated version of GPA (mostly just for fun). But when I try to build it I get this error, whether I use the slackbuild file from the source (modified for the new package version) or src2pkg:

Code:

server.o: In function `gpa_start_server':
server.c:(.text+0x146): undefined reference to `assuan_set_assuan_err_source'
server.o: In function `accept_connection_cb':
server.c:(.text+0x4c7): undefined reference to `assuan_init_socket_server_ext'
server.c:(.text+0x539): undefined reference to `assuan_deinit_server'
server.o: In function `connection_finish':
server.c:(.text+0x28aa): undefined reference to `assuan_deinit_server'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [gpa] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gpa-0.8.0-src-1/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gpa-0.8.0-src-1/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/gpa-0.8.0-src-1'
make: *** [all] Error 2
ERROR! Compiling source code has failed.
This usually happens because of missing libraries, or
badly written Makefiles or configure scripts.
Found an RPM .spec file which shows this:
Requires: gnupg

It seems that part of the problem may be with libassuan. I have both libassuan-1.0.4 and libassuan-2.0.0 installed.

It also seems to be asking for gnupg, but that's installed too.

Any thoughts?

Regards,

rworkman · 03-15-2010, 11:15 PM

Builds fine here. You should only have one of the libassuan versions installed, and 2.0.0 is preferred. It contains a shared library, whereas the old 1.x only had a static library (meaning nothing goes wrong wrt runtime even if you remove it), and besides, latest gnupg2 requires newer libassuan API.

Lufbery · 03-16-2010, 07:05 AM

Hi Robby,

I've got gnupg2 built and installed against libassuan 2.0.0, but I also have GnuPG 1.0.14 installed. Could the fact that I have both installed be causing the problem?

I'm on a pure 64 environment. Is GPA having trouble finding the libraries?

I'll keep working on this and see how it turns out.

Regards,

rworkman · 03-16-2010, 09:54 AM

Not your fault at all; the gnupg folks just have to get all of their bits and pieces on the same page:

Code:

(this is when building gpa-0.8.0)
checking for libassuan-config... /usr/bin/libassuan-config
checking for LIBASSUAN - version >= 1.0.4... yes (2.0.0)
checking LIBASSUAN API version... does not match.  want=1 got=2.

However, gnupg2-2.0.15 requires libassuan-2.x, and since that software is much more important than gpa, I guess it's clear how this will play out :-)

rworkman · 03-16-2010, 10:13 AM

Okay, after looking around some more, it appears that there's a development repo:
http://wald.intevation.org/scm/?group_id=13

There are a couple of commits in there to use the new libassuan API, so maybe you'll have better luck with that.

rworkman · 03-16-2010, 10:30 AM

And... I'll shut up after this one :-) but here's something you'll probably like:
http://connie.slackware.com/~rworkman/gpa/

Lufbery · 03-16-2010, 01:04 PM

Great stuff, Robby! I'll build it tonight after work and see how it goes, but I suspect that everything will work well.

Did you write the diff file, or was it in the svn? I looked at the development repo, but didn't see it.

Is this version of GPA heading into the next version of Slackware?

Regards, and thanks!

rworkman · 03-16-2010, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lufbery

Great stuff, Robby! I'll build it tonight after work and see how it goes, but I suspect that everything will work well.

Did you write the diff file, or was it in the svn? I looked at the development repo, but didn't see it.

Is this version of GPA heading into the next version of Slackware?

I don't remember the revision numbers of the two commits, but they were both in the development svn repo; I just pulled them from there.

I don't know if this will be in a future -current update or not, to be honest; we'll have to wait and see...

Lufbery · 03-16-2010, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rworkman

...we'll have to wait and see...

As always.

Thanks again, Robby.

Regards,

Lufbery · 03-16-2010, 08:13 PM

That did it. I was still getting errors with the Slackbuild, but then I noticed that I hadn't removed the old versions of gpgme and libassuan.

For the record then, here's what I built:

libassuan-2.0.0
gnupg-2.0.15
gnupg-1.4.10
gpgme-1.3.0
gpa-0.9.0

I build all but libassuan and gpa using src2pkg. I'm going to want to go back and clean those builds up by adding slack-desc files, but overall, I'm pleased with the update.

Thanks, Robby, for finding the diff file for gpa. That was driving me crazy!

EDIT: Now the only thing wrong is that I get "Bad" signatures when I verify signatures with GPA and "good" ones when I verify with the command line gpg (1.4.10)! This is a problem with files such as the .asc file for the CHECKSUMS.md5 on the Slackware DVD.

I wonder if I've got a problem with gnupg2.

sahko · 12-06-2010, 07:48 PM

Is there any chance of considering bumping gpa for this release cycle?

bagako · 03-21-2012, 03:52 PM

Hi!

I am new to Linux, and I know very little, but want to install GPG with GPA, and I got the same error message. I read this thread, but the two links, where the help was not working. Anyone could help me?