Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Doug Chinnery]

I'm trying to compile emacs 21.3 with gcc-3.2.2.  When linking the
temacs directory, I get the following error:

Undefined			first referenced
 symbol  			    in file
mbsinit                             strftime.o
temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs

I can't find any info on this problem with google.  Anyone have any
ideas?

-- 
Doug Chinnery          doug@zadall.com
'Dead is the drunkest you can get.  But I haven't been that drunk yet' - Tielli

Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Kai Großjohann]

Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:

> Undefined			first referenced
>  symbol  			    in file
> mbsinit                             strftime.o
> temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs

Some library is missing.  It's hard to say which one, though.  Can
you go hunting for an mbsinit symbol in your libraries?

And also, maybe the configure run got confused somehow.  Want to show
us its output?
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Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Doug Chinnery]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) writes:

> Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
> 
> > Undefined			first referenced
> >  symbol  			    in file
> > mbsinit                             strftime.o
> > temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs
> 
> Some library is missing.  It's hard to say which one, though.  Can
> you go hunting for an mbsinit symbol in your libraries?

Hmmm, I can't find it in any of the libraries that I have
installed.  Where does it normally live?  Perhaps I have an older
version of some key lib.

> And also, maybe the configure run got confused somehow.  Want to show
> us its output?

thunder [doug-556]-> ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/local/bin/install -c
checking for bison... (cached) bison -y
checking for ranlib... (cached) :
checking for AIX... no
checking the machine- and system-dependent files to find out
 - which libraries the lib-src programs will want, and
 - whether the GNU malloc routines are usable
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... (cached) no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... (cached) no
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... (cached) no
checking for machine/soundcard.h... (cached) no
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checking for termcap.h... (cached) yes
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checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) yes
checking for sys_siglist declaration in signal.h or unistd.h... (cached) no
checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... (cached) yes
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checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... (cached) time.h
checking for tm_zone in struct tm... (cached) no
checking for tzname... (cached) yes
checking for tm_gmtoff in struct tm... (cached) no
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) none needed
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checking X11 version 6... (cached) before 6
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checking for strftime... (cached) yes
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Configured for `i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5'.

  Where should the build process find the source code?    /u1/doug/emacs-21.3
  What operating system and machine description files should Emacs use?
        `s/sco5.h' and `m/intel386.h'
  What compiler should emacs be built with?               gcc -g -O2
  Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc?             yes
  Should Emacs use a relocating allocator for buffers?    yes
  Should Emacs use mmap(2) for buffer allocation?         no
  What window system should Emacs use?                    x11
  What toolkit should Emacs use?                          LUCID
  Where do we find X Windows header files?                Standard dirs
  Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   /usr/lib
  Does Emacs use -lXaw3d?                                 no
  Does Emacs use -lXpm?                                   yes
  Does Emacs use -ljpeg?                                  yes
  Does Emacs use -ltiff?                                  yes
  Does Emacs use -lungif?                                 no
  Does Emacs use -lpng?                                   yes
  Does Emacs use X toolkit scroll bars?                   no

creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating lib-src/Makefile.c
creating oldXMenu/Makefile
creating man/Makefile
creating lwlib/Makefile
creating src/Makefile.c
creating lisp/Makefile
creating leim/Makefile
creating src/config.h
src/config.h is unchanged
creating src/epaths.h
src/epaths.h is unchanged
creating lib-src/Makefile
creating src/Makefile
thunder [doug-557]-> 

-- 
Doug Chinnery          doug@zadall.com
'Dead is the drunkest you can get.  But I haven't been that drunk yet' - Tielli

Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Kai Großjohann]

Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) writes:
>
>> Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Undefined			first referenced
>> >  symbol  			    in file
>> > mbsinit                             strftime.o
>> > temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs
>> 
>> Some library is missing.  It's hard to say which one, though.  Can
>> you go hunting for an mbsinit symbol in your libraries?
>
> Hmmm, I can't find it in any of the libraries that I have
> installed.  Where does it normally live?  Perhaps I have an older
> version of some key lib.

I don't know that function.  I have no idea, really.  Hmpf :-{

>> And also, maybe the configure run got confused somehow.  Want to show
>> us its output?
>
> thunder [doug-556]-> ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache

The output looks sane.  One last resort would be to remove the
config.cache and try again, maybe config.cache contains bogus
values.  But I don't think that's it.

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Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Doug,


Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
> Undefined			first referenced
>  symbol  			    in file
> mbsinit                             strftime.o
> temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs

The Emacs 21.3 version of src/strftime.c believes that if you have
mbrlen(), you must also have mbsinit() without explicitly checking for
the latter function.  That seems not to be true on your system.  Emacs
in CVS allows for that possibility, but 21.3 doesn't.

Add this line in src/strftime.c to patch it up, and let us know how it
goes:

  #define mbsinit(ps) (*(ps) == 0)


Hope this helps, benny

Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Doug Chinnery]

Benjamin Riefenstahl <Benjamin.Riefenstahl@epost.de> writes:

> Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
> > Undefined			first referenced
> >  symbol  			    in file
> > mbsinit                             strftime.o
> > temacs: fatal error: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to temacs
> 
> The Emacs 21.3 version of src/strftime.c believes that if you have
> mbrlen(), you must also have mbsinit() without explicitly checking for
> the latter function.  That seems not to be true on your system.  Emacs
> in CVS allows for that possibility, but 21.3 doesn't.
> 
> Add this line in src/strftime.c to patch it up, and let us know how it
> goes:
> 
>   #define mbsinit(ps) (*(ps) == 0)

That fixed my problem nicely.  Any suggestions on what I should
be entering in a bug report?

Thanks much!!
-- 
Doug Chinnery          doug@zadall.com
'Dead is the drunkest you can get.  But I haven't been that drunk yet' - Tielli

Re: Emacs compile problem (mbsinit unresolved)

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Doug,


Doug Chinnery <doug.chinnery@zadall.com> writes:
> That fixed my problem nicely.  Any suggestions on what I should be
> entering in a bug report?

It was already fixed in CVS, that's where I got the suggestion.  So I
assume that the next version will have it anyway.


so long, benny