BitchX on Fedora Core 1

[Gabriel Kenter]

Hi there,


Don't use the ircii-pana-1.0c19.tar.gz .

Use the latest snap from cvs

You'll get some warnings but it will compile ;)

Have fun.


Gabriel Kenter

On 02/16/2004 05:24:05 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> I've done some digging around and I'm aware that there is a problem
> with
> compiling BitchX 1.0c19 (ircii-pana-1.0c19.tar.gz) on a stock Fedora
> Core
> 1 installation.  The closest I've come to a solution was this message
> posted to another list:
> 
> === QUOTE ===
> 
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:53:28AM +0200, Erez Kirson wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Has anyone installed BitchX ( ircii-pana-1.0c19.tar.gz ) on Fedora
> core 1 ?
> > the "/configure" part was clean but it breaks on gmake
> >
> > For some reason im getting
> >
> >
> > status.c:1245:14: pasting "status_user18" and "(" does not give a
> valid preprocessing token
> > status.c:1246:14: pasting "status_user19" and "(" does not give a
> valid preprocessing token
> > gmake[1]: *** [status.o] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/BitchX/source'
> > gmake: *** [BitchX] Error 2
> 
> Sounds like gcc-3.2.x doesn't like BithcX's source. This should be
> trivial to fix manually, though. Look for something like
> 
> #define STUSER18 "stuser18"
> #define PAREN "("
> printf(STUSER18 PAREN);
> 
> and change it to
> printf("%s%s\n", STUSER18, PAREN);
> 
> Cheers,
> Muli
> 
> === END QUOTE ===
> 
> I've poked around in the source and I'm unable to make these types of
> changes (I'm not a developer, just a "technical user").  Is anyone
> aware
> of a patch that will get this software building on FC1 or have a
> binary
> rpm that can be installed that works?  Thanks!
> 
> --
> Chris
> 
> "Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night.
> Set
> a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."  --
> Unknown
> 
> 
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