Re: chat/hexchat build failure

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Thanks for the clue, wiz!

With the following changes, both hexchat and gnome-sudoku build and
run correctly.

Index: hexchat/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/chat/hexchat/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.49
diff -u -p -r1.49 Makefile
--- hexchat/Makefile	5 Nov 2020 09:07:33 -0000	1.49
+++ hexchat/Makefile	19 Apr 2021 13:00:02 -0000
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ COMMENT=	IRC client based on XChat
 LICENSE=	gnu-gpl-v2 AND gnu-lgpl-v2.1 AND mit

 USE_TOOLS+=	pkg-config msgfmt xgettext
+
+PYTHON_FOR_BUILD_ONLY=    tool
+.include "../../lang/python/tool.mk"
+
 USE_LANGUAGES=	c c++

 # XXX fails without GNU msgfmt
Index: gnome-sudoku/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pkgsrc/games/gnome-sudoku/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -p -r1.35 Makefile
--- gnome-sudoku/Makefile	14 Apr 2021 07:28:18 -0000	1.35
+++ gnome-sudoku/Makefile	19 Apr 2021 13:00:38 -0000
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ USE_LANGUAGES=		c c++11
 USE_PKGLOCALEDIR=	yes
 USE_TOOLS+=		msgfmt pkg-config

+PYTHON_FOR_BUILD_ONLY=    tool
+.include "../../lang/python/tool.mk"
+
 # Requires --desktop in msgfmt.
 _TOOLS_USE_PKGSRC.msgfmt=	yes



On Mon, 19 Apr 2021, Thomas Klausner wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 03:43:38PM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
> > On a amd64 host running NetBSD 9.99.81 (updated just prior to the switch
> > from gcc-9 to -10, so still running -9), and with pkgsrc updated to just
> > a few hours ago.  Starting from a completely empty chroot sandbox (as
> > created by pkgtools/mksandbox), I've rebuilt everything (including all
> > of hexchat's dependencies).
> >
> > I'm seeing the following build failure:
> >
> > ...
> > ninja: Entering directory `output'
> > [1/81] Generating textevents with a custom command
> > FAILED: src/common/textevents.h src/common/textenums.h
> > /tmp/pkgs/chat/hexchat/work.x86_64/hexchat-2.14.3/src/common/make-te.py ../src/common/textevents.in src/common/textevents.h src/common/textenums.h
> > env: python3: No such file or directory
> > ...
> >
> > (The entire log file is only 16kb, so I've attached it to this E-mail.)
> >
> > Anyone got any clues?
>
> pkgsrc does not provide a "python3" binary by default, if you're not
> using pkg_alternatives.
>
> However, for building from pkgsrc, lang/python/tool.mk provides one.
> This was until recently included from devel/meson/build.mk, but it's
> not needed everywhere.
>
> The fix is to include the file directly in chat/hexchat/Makefile, i.e. add
>
> PYTHON_FOR_BUILD_ONLY=	  tool
> .include "../../lang/python/tool.mk"
>
> to the Makefile.
>
> (If hexchat needs python at runtime, do not add the
> PYTHON_FOR_BUILD_ONLY line.)
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
> !DSPAM:607cba41193741959012060!

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