Vincent wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when I try to compile SDL_Mixer (in order to test Gnash), I have that 
> message
> 

Are you running the old snapshot of Gnash, or a recent version from CVS?
I pointed out some problems with the Gnash configure scripts which were
fixed in CVS, however they may have been inadvertently broken again.

> checking for sdl-config... /usr/pkg/bin/sdl-config
> checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.4... no
> *** Could not run SDL test program, checking why...
> *** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means
> *** that the run-time linker is not finding SDL or finding the wrong
> *** version of SDL. If it is not finding SDL, you'll need to set your
> *** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point
> *** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if 
> that
> *** is required on your system
> ***
> *** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although
> *** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> configure: error: *** SDL version 1.2.4 not found!
> 
> but, before:
> 
> ===> Required installed package smpeg>=0.4.4nb12: smpeg-0.4.4nb12 found
> ===> Required installed package SDL>=1.2.9nb2: SDL-1.2.9nb2 found
> ===> Required installed package glu>=6.4.1nb1: glu-6.4.2 found
> 
> Obviously, there is something wrong. Indeed, what goes astray is the 
> substitution of the Configure variable $sdl_major_version :
> 
> sdl_major_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_args --version | \
>            sed 's/\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\).\([0-9]*\)/\1/'`
> 
> Normally, $sdl_major_version should be 1, whereas, if I add a debug 
> "echo" in the configure script, I get:
> 
> checking for sdl-config... /usr/pkg/bin/sdl-config
> checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.4... sdl_major_version = 1.2.9
> no
> 
> Obviously, this is a bug, which leads the C compilation to fail:
> 
> configure:19766: cc -o conftest -O2 -march=pentium4 -msse2 -mfpmath=sse 
> -DSYSCONFDIR="\"/usr/pkg/etc\"" -I/usr/pkg/include -DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY 
> -I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -I/usr/pkg/include/SDL 
> -D_REENTRANT -Dunix=1 -I/usr/pkg/include -DGLX_GLXEXT_LEGACY 
> -I/usr/include -I/usr/pkg/include/freetype2 -L/usr/pkg/xorg/lib 
> -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/xorg/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/lib 
> -Wl,-R/usr/lib conftest.c  -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/pkg/lib -lSDL 
> -lossaudio -lpthread -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib 
> -L/usr/pkg/xorg/lib -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/xorg/lib -lm -L/usr/pkg/xorg/lib 
> -lX11 -lXext -laa -lusbhid >&5
> 
> conftest.c:64:9: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:65:9: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:65:29: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:66:9: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:66:29: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:66:49: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:72:91: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:72:98: too many decimal points in number
> conftest.c:72:105: too many decimal points in number
> 
> And configure breaks.
> 
> What I do not understand, is that when I directly type ./configure (and 
> not "make configure") in work.../SDL.../ repertory, it works fine:
> 
> checking for sdl-config... /usr/pkg/bin/sdl-config
> checking for SDL - version >= 1.2.4... sdl_major_version = 1
> yes
> 
> Obviously there is something wrong with sed in the wrapping, but what?
> 
> Vincent
>