#13923: install reports a missing file

On Fri Jul 29 16:17:59 2005, guest wrote:
> Tk-804.027
> This is perl, v5.8.6 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0 PC-GGARCIA 1.5.17(0.129/4/2) 2005-05-25 19:38 i686
> unknown unknown Cygwin
> Using perl -MCPAN -e 'install Tk' or downloading Tk-804.027.tar.gz and
> doing a manual install I get the message:
> In file included from ../pTk/tkWinPort.h:19,
> from ../pTk/tkPort.h:28,
> from Xlib.xs:7:
> ../pTk/mTk/xlib/X11/Xlib.h:1206:35: ../pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h: No such
> file or directory
> when compiling Xlib.c
> Result of find in the root install directory is:
> Tk-804.027 > find . -name tkIntXlibDecls.h
> ./blib/arch/Tk/pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h
> ./pTk/mTk/generic/tkIntXlibDecls.h
> ./pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h
>

So if one was in Xlib then ../pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h should work.
It found tkPort.h which is in same place!

But CygWin port has been much hacked about so I suspect that the
-I flags that get passed are a mess. Can you give me more context
of the fail i.e. copy/paste the Make output back to the
command that is compiling the file?

I built Tk via the strawberry perl distribution today. I also had the
"missing file". The file was not missing, but rather there appears to
be a relative path in Xlib.h at line 1206

#include "../pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h"

but xlib.h is at C:\Tk-804.027\pTk\mTk\xlib\X11
and there is not pTk dir up one directory.
if you create a pTk dir at C:\Tk-804.027\pTk\mTk\xlib\pTk
and put tkIntXlibDecls.h and lang.h there the build will complete just
fine.


Here is the GCC line
gcc -c -I.. -I../pTk/mTk/xlib -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT
-DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -fno-strict-aliasing -DPERL_MSV
CRT_READFIX -s -O2 -DVERSION=\"804.027\"
-DXS_VERSION=\"804.027\" "-IC:\bootstrap-perl\perl\lib\CORE" -Wall
-Wno-implicit-
int -Wno-comment -Wno-unused -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ Xlib.c
In file included from ../pTk/tkWinPort.h:19,
from ../pTk/tkPort.h:28,
from Xlib.xs:7:
../pTk/mTk/xlib/X11/Xlib.h:1206:35: ../pTk/tkIntXlibDecls.h: No such
file or directory
Xlib.xs:13: error: syntax error before '*' token
Xlib.xs:13: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
Xlib.c: In function `boot_Tk__Xlib':
Xlib.c:1028: warning: unknown conversion type character `_' in format
Xlib.c:1028: warning: too many arguments for format
Xlib.xs:378: error: `TkintxlibdeclsVtab' undeclared (first use in this
function)
Xlib.xs:378: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
Xlib.xs:378: error: for each function it appears in.)
Xlib.xs:378: error: syntax error before ')' token
Xlib.xs:378: error: request for member `tabSize' in something not a
structure or union
dmake: Error code 129, while making 'Xlib.o'
dmake: Error code 255, while making 'subdirs'

I can provide you as much context as you like, including the entire
build output if that will help.

Dean

On Fri Jun 29 18:39:57 2007, todd_rinaldo wrote:
> Hi, I too have experienced this problem on a recent download of
> strawberry perl. The fix of copying the headers into the uncreated
> directory worked.
>
> Is the plan to move the relevant header files into these directories to
> fix the problem long term?
>
> As I see it:
> 1. It could be a problem with the Makefile.PL
> or
> 2. The headers are not being provided in the correct place.

Please try the development version of Tk
<http://search.cpan.org/~srezic/Tk-804.027_500/>
I believe this problem should be solved there.

Regards,
Slaven