Problem when compile guile-2.2.4 on CentOS 6.10/6.8

Discussion:

An Liu

2018-09-02 05:02:52 UTC

Hi, List

I'm trying to compile guile-2.2.4 on CentOS 6.10, but failed

- why guile-2.2.4?
I want to try artanis which requires guile-2.2+, and yum repos only
have guile-1.8, so i decide to compile install myself

- CentOS release
# cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS release 6.10 (Final)
# uname -a
Linux test 2.6.32-754.3.5.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 20:46:41 UTC
2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

- guile release
# curl -O https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.2.4.tar.xz

- configure error
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile-2.2.4
...
checking whether sigpending is declared without a macro... no
checking whether sigprocmask is declared without a macro... no
checking for socklen_t... no
checking for socklen_t equivalent... configure: error: Cannot find a
type to use in place of socklen_t

it stops at socklen_t, as config_log attached

I've no idea of this as /usr/include/sys/socket.h exists there and
socklen_t should have be defined.

I've google for this error but hardly got any solutions.
Any suggestion on this? I don't think trying to modify the
"sys/socket.h" is a good idea.

or is there guile-2.2+ rpm release for centos 6

BTW, how long would it take for me to build guile from source code (i7
6500Ux4, with 8GB RAM, laptop) , the manual of artanis says it would
take quite a long time even seem like halt.

Thank you in advance.

Alex Vong

2018-09-04 19:50:56 UTC

Permalink

Hello An,

Can you also upload the 'config.log' file? As it may contain some hints
on why it is failing.

Cheers,
Alex

Post by An Liu
Hi, List
I'm trying to compile guile-2.2.4 on CentOS 6.10, but failed
- why guile-2.2.4?
I want to try artanis which requires guile-2.2+, and yum repos only
have guile-1.8, so i decide to compile install myself
- CentOS release
# cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS release 6.10 (Final)
# uname -a
Linux test 2.6.32-754.3.5.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 14 20:46:41 UTC
2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- guile release
# curl -O https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guile/guile-2.2.4.tar.xz
- configure error
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile-2.2.4
...
checking whether sigpending is declared without a macro... no
checking whether sigprocmask is declared without a macro... no
checking for socklen_t... no
checking for socklen_t equivalent... configure: error: Cannot find a
type to use in place of socklen_t
it stops at socklen_t, as config_log attached
I've no idea of this as /usr/include/sys/socket.h exists there and
socklen_t should have be defined.
I've google for this error but hardly got any solutions.
Any suggestion on this? I don't think trying to modify the
"sys/socket.h" is a good idea.
or is there guile-2.2+ rpm release for centos 6
BTW, how long would it take for me to build guile from source code (i7
6500Ux4, with 8GB RAM, laptop) , the manual of artanis says it would
take quite a long time even seem like halt.
Thank you in advance.

An Liu

2018-09-05 06:17:36 UTC

Permalink

Hi,

I would like to make some update
1. I compile-installed gcc-4.9.4 on CentOS , then it can run configure
without complain socklen_t not defined problem i metioned above
2. the system build chain such as autoconf/automake/m4/libtools are
too old, autogen.sh would failed, so i need to update these (you
might not need these from tarball, but in case you get source code
from repos, i had both tarball and source code cloned of repos, but i
do edit configure.ac to disable libltdl check)
3. pkg-config is too old, i compile-installed one, you need to pay
attention to *pc files, easiest way is to create symbol link to
third-party's install location
4. bdw-gc is too old (system provides 7.0, but we need 7.2)
5. new problem is libltdl not found, i was quite sure both system
(libtool-ltdl-2.2.6-15.5.el6.x86_64 package is installed) and i have
compile-installed version under /opt/libtools ( 2.4.6)
neither
#./configure --prefix=/opt/guile
nor
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile --with-libltdl-prefix=/opt/libtools
would pass the check
I need to disable this check in configure.ac, comments all following lines
===========================
#dnl Check for libltdl.
#AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS([ltdl], [], [#include <ltdl.h>],
# [lt_dlopenext ("foo");])
#if test "x$HAVE_LIBLTDL" != "xyes"; then
# AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU libltdl (Libtool) not found, see README.])
#fi
===========================
after autoreconf, we can successfully create configure file for now,
and ./configure would provides Makefile correctly
then manually add LTLIBLTDL libguile/Makefile as a work around (see
'+' line below )
============================
LTALLOCA =
LTLIBGMP = -lgmp
+ LTLIBLTDL= -L/opt/libtools/lib -lltdl
LTLIBICONV =
LTLIBINTL =
============================

It's now proceeding ice-9 files, hoping it would not failed me. :)

FYI

AN

Hi, Alex
Thank you for the hint
attached is the config.log after run ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile-2.2.4
It seems the version of gcc is too old to use --std=c11
# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info
--with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap
--enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release
--with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object
--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada
--enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre
--enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode
--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar
--disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic
--with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-23) (GCC)
i would like to test a higher version gcc , and get back if i have any updates

Post by Alex Vong
Hello An,
Can you also upload the 'config.log' file? As it may contain some hints
on why it is failing.
Cheers,
Alex

--
Liu An

An Liu

2018-09-05 07:28:04 UTC

Permalink

Hi，list

Finally got it work，cheers！

Post by An Liu
Hi,
I would like to make some update
1. I compile-installed gcc-4.9.4 on CentOS , then it can run configure
without complain socklen_t not defined problem i metioned above
2. the system build chain such as autoconf/automake/m4/libtools are
too old, autogen.sh would failed, so i need to update these (you
might not need these from tarball, but in case you get source code
from repos, i had both tarball and source code cloned of repos, but i
do edit configure.ac to disable libltdl check)
3. pkg-config is too old, i compile-installed one, you need to pay
attention to *pc files, easiest way is to create symbol link to
third-party's install location
4. bdw-gc is too old (system provides 7.0, but we need 7.2)
5. new problem is libltdl not found, i was quite sure both system
(libtool-ltdl-2.2.6-15.5.el6.x86_64 package is installed) and i have
compile-installed version under /opt/libtools ( 2.4.6)
neither
#./configure --prefix=/opt/guile
nor
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile --with-libltdl-prefix=/opt/libtools
would pass the check
I need to disable this check in configure.ac, comments all following lines
===========================
#dnl Check for libltdl.
#AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS([ltdl], [], [#include <ltdl.h>],
# [lt_dlopenext ("foo");])
#if test "x$HAVE_LIBLTDL" != "xyes"; then
# AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU libltdl (Libtool) not found, see README.])
#fi
===========================
after autoreconf, we can successfully create configure file for now,
and ./configure would provides Makefile correctly
then manually add LTLIBLTDL libguile/Makefile as a work around (see
'+' line below )
============================
LTALLOCA =
LTLIBGMP = -lgmp
+ LTLIBLTDL= -L/opt/libtools/lib -lltdl
LTLIBICONV =
LTLIBINTL =
============================
It's now proceeding ice-9 files, hoping it would not failed me. :)
FYI
AN

Hi, Alex
Thank you for the hint
attached is the config.log after run ./configure

--prefix=/opt/guile-2.2.4

It seems the version of gcc is too old to use --std=c11
# gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-redhat-linux
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info
--with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap
--enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release
--with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
--disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object
--enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada
--enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre
--enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode
--with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar
--disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic
--with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-23) (GCC)
i would like to test a higher version gcc , and get back if i have any

updates

Post by Alex Vong
Hello An,
Can you also upload the 'config.log' file? As it may contain some hints
on why it is failing.
Cheers,
Alex

(i7

Post by Alex Vong

Post by An Liu
6500Ux4, with 8GB RAM, laptop) , the manual of artanis says it would
take quite a long time even seem like halt.
Thank you in advance.

--
Liu An

Alex Vong

2018-09-05 12:53:57 UTC

Permalink

HiïŒlist
Finally got it workïŒcheersïŒ

Cheers!

Maybe there's a better way than commenting out all the checks. There's
usually a way to specify custom location for the configure script to
find libltdl. But I am not running centos, so I can't check.

Hi,
I would like to make some update
1. I compile-installed gcc-4.9.4 on CentOS , then it can run configure
without complain socklen_t not defined problem i metioned above
2. the system build chain such as autoconf/automake/m4/libtools are
too old, autogen.sh would failed, so i need to update these (you
might not need these from tarball, but in case you get source code
from repos, i had both tarball and source code cloned of repos, but i
do edit configure.ac to disable libltdl check)
3. pkg-config is too old, i compile-installed one, you need to pay
attention to *pc files, easiest way is to create symbol link to
third-party's install location
4. bdw-gc is too old (system provides 7.0, but we need 7.2)
5. new problem is libltdl not found, i was quite sure both system
(libtool-ltdl-2.2.6-15.5.el6.x86_64 package is installed) and i have
compile-installed version under /opt/libtools ( 2.4.6)
neither
#./configure --prefix=/opt/guile
nor
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/guile --with-libltdl-prefix=/opt/libtools
would pass the check
I need to disable this check in configure.ac, comments all following lines
===========================
#dnl Check for libltdl.
#AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS([ltdl], [], [#include <ltdl.h>],
# [lt_dlopenext ("foo");])
#if test "x$HAVE_LIBLTDL" != "xyes"; then
# AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU libltdl (Libtool) not found, see README.])
#fi
===========================
after autoreconf, we can successfully create configure file for now,
and ./configure would provides Makefile correctly
then manually add LTLIBLTDL libguile/Makefile as a work around (see
'+' line below )
============================
LTALLOCA =
LTLIBGMP = -lgmp
+ LTLIBLTDL= -L/opt/libtools/lib -lltdl
LTLIBICONV =
LTLIBINTL =
============================
It's now proceeding ice-9 files, hoping it would not failed me. :)
FYI
AN

Post by Alex Vong
Hello An,
Can you also upload the 'config.log' file? As it may contain some hints
on why it is failing.
Cheers,
Alex

--
Liu An