[SOLVED] jhalfs sed: -e expression #1, char 55:Invalid preceding regular expression

percy_vere_uk · 07-16-2017, 08:19 AM

Hi

I have sucessfully built jhalfs using book Version 8.0

Now I am trying to build wicd from blfs Version 8.0 .

Quite a few packages have built ok, but I am now getting the folowing error when building '002-z-xorg-env'.

Code:

cd /home/blfs_root
# make
# cd work
# ../gen-makefile.sh
# make

Code:

/home/blfs_root/work/logs/002-z-xorg-env

sed: -e expression #1, char 55: Invalid preceding regular expression

Code:

/home/blfs_root/work/Makfile

002-z-xorg-env:  
	@$(call echo_message, Building)
	@/bin/bash progress_bar.sh $@ $$PPID &
	@source ../envars.conf && ../scripts/$@ >logs/$@ 2>&1
	@xsltproc --stringparam packages ../packages.xml \
	--stringparam package xorg-env \
	-o track.tmp \
	../xsl/bump.xsl $(TRACKING_FILE) && \
	sed -i 's@PACKDESC@/home/blfs_root/packdesc.dtd@' track.tmp && \
	xmllint --format --postvalid track.tmp > $(TRACKING_FILE) && \
        rm track.tmp && \
	touch  $@ && \
	sleep .25 && \
	echo -e "\n\n "$(BOLD)Target $(BLUE)$@ $(BOLD)OK && \
	echo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------$(WHITE)

Any help on this would be appreciated.

percy

pan64 · 07-16-2017, 08:24 AM

if I understood it well:

Code:

	@source ../envars.conf && ../scripts/$@ >logs/$@ 2>&1

this line caused that error message and ../scripts/002-z-xorg-env contains that sed script.

percy_vere_uk · 07-16-2017, 08:45 AM

pan64

Thanks for your quick reply.

Looking down at the next few Makefiles to be built they all seem to contain the same line.

So is there a way over this so I can continue building.

Luridis · 07-17-2017, 02:17 AM

Sounds like it could be another unicode issue. Try changing the LC_CTYPE in front of those commands.

Code:

LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 ../gen-makefile.sh
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 make

Be sure to start from a fresh untar though...

PS: Wait, if it is Python or some such you might have to LANG=en_US.UTF-8 instead.

percy_vere_uk · 07-18-2017, 08:40 AM

Luridis

Thanks for your input I will try this as soon as I can.

percy_vere_uk · 07-21-2017, 04:58 AM

Luridis I have carried out a fresh untar and changed the LC_CTYPE as you suggested.

Code:

LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 ../gen-makefile.sh
LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 make

The error is the same.

I have been able to install some packages as long as they do not need the X Window System Environment.

I can only conclude that 002-z-xorg-env is the equivalent of 'Setting up the Xorg Build Environment' in the book.

Has anyone been able to build 002-z-xorg-env without this error?

pan64 · 07-21-2017, 05:04 AM

why don't you check the script itself, maybe you will find something useful?

Luridis · 07-21-2017, 06:27 AM

Where is this z-org-env from? I just checked the Wicd package and there's no file of that name, or anything like it in the package.

percy_vere_uk · 07-21-2017, 07:30 AM

Thanks for your responses on this.

I can only conclude that 002-z-xorg-env is the equivalent of 'Setting up the Xorg Build Environment' in the blfs book.

Yes thats right you cannot find any information on z-xorg-env on the web. But if you do as below.

Code:

/home/blfs_root  
make    
X + Window and Display Managers --->  X Window System Environment --->  xorg-env

xorg-env is at the top of the choices and you will see I believe the packages are in the same order as the blfs book.

xorg-env is not in the book but 'Setting up the Xorg Build Environment' is the first thing you need to do from the book. And as jhalfs follows the book then I came to the conclusion that xorg-env does the same job as 'Setting up the Xorg Build Environment'

The log and makefile are as I originaly posted on here.

Luridis · 07-21-2017, 02:33 PM

There is no script to setup xorg in the book. There are build instructions, but no build scripts that I know of, unless you're using CLFS. (I am not familiar with that book's process.) If you're building, your best bet is to follow the book exactly as written until you've spent years building LFS. At that point scripting things is more reliable because you'll have developed instincts that will give you and idea what's wrong when something doesn't work.

percy_vere_uk · 07-22-2017, 07:15 AM

Luridis

Yes I think jhalfs is beyond me at the moment. But I will continue with lfs.

Thanks for your help.