Re: [Nautilus-list] Another compile problem on Solaris

[Darin Adler <darin bentspoon com>]

On Thursday, July 12, 2001, at 08:00  AM, Peter O'Shea wrote:

> Checking config.status, IDL_CFLAGS did not have $prefix/share/idl.  Going
> back to configure, here's how IDL_CFLAGS is set up:
>
> IDL_CFLAGS="${IDL_CFLAGS} -I\$(top_srcdir) -I\$(top_builddir)"
>
> (line 5035)
>
> ..no mention of $prefix/share/idl.

Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I said that IDL_CFLAGS is "set up by the 
gnome-config line". While I am no expert on how gnome-config works, I was 
able to determine that line 406 of configure.in sets this up:

AM_PATH_GNOME($GNOME_REQUIRED,,AC_MSG_ERROR([*** GNOME $GNOME_REQUIRED or 
better is required.]), vfs xml bonobo bonobox bonobox_print idl gnomeui 
gtk gdk_pixbuf gnomecanvaspixbuf eel librsvg)

This AM_PATH_GNOME macros sets up many variables, include XXX_CFLAGS, 
where xxx is any of the things listed in the last macro parameter. And 
"idl" is one of those things. That's what's supposed to set up IDL_CFLAGS.

> So, a simple 'setenv IDL_CFLAGS /home/poshea/bin/gnome/share/idl' and 
> then re-run configure got it set correctly, but shouldn't configure be 
> smart enough to use 'gnome-config --cflags idl' itself?

I didn't mean to suggest setting IDL_CFLAGS in your environment explicitly.
 I was pointing you at what's broken so you can investigate further. 
Specifically, if you type:

    gnome-config --cflags idl

It should return the appropriate -I directive. If it doesn't, then you 
have an issue with the version of gnome-libs you have installed. Again, I 
am not really an expert on this area, but it's definitely this 
AM_PATH_GNOME macro, which invokes gnome-config, that's setting up 
IDL_CFLAGS on the non-Solaris platorms.

    -- Darin