Can't compile XChat on Debian Sarge (Perl problem?)
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Re: Can't compile XChat on Debian Sarge (Perl problem?)
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Originally posted by Ninja Cow I'm having a problem compiling XChat on Debian. Yes, I know I can use apt to download an XChat .deb binary, but I'd rather compile it when possible.
You can do a little of both, actually (assuming that you have the appropriate deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list):
apt-get build-dep xchat#fetch the build dependencies apt-get source -b xchat#download the source, build xchat, and create deb package(s)
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Here's the error I receive:
*** Warning: Linking the shared library perl.la against the
*** static library /usr/lib/perl/5.8/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a is not portable!
That's a fatal error? Odd; I've seen similar errors before and they weren't.
As to how you'd go about resolving it, I don't know.
Re: Can't compile XChat on Debian Sarge (Perl problem?)
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Originally posted by Ninja Cow
Here's the error I receive:
*** Warning: Linking the shared library perl.la against the
*** static library /usr/lib/perl/5.8/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a is not portable!
This is just a warning. X-Chat still compiles even with this particular warning. I just compiled x-chat under CVS, and it worked fine even with this warning.
Re: Re: Can't compile XChat on Debian Sarge (Perl problem?)
Thanks folks. I'm able to compile XChat using Ironi's method. I receive a recursive error "pixmaps.o" when I try compiling 2.4.1 using the source from Xchat.org. That's okay, though, since Ironi's method worked like a charm.
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Originally posted by Wells This is just a warning. X-Chat still compiles even with this particular warning. I just compiled x-chat under CVS, and it worked fine even with this warning.
It will not compile on my machine if I used the source from XChat.org. While I'm able to still use make install afterwards, nothing happens--meaning nothing installs.
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