lynx-dev 2.8.1pre1 fails compile; empty "netlibs" problem

[Philip Chong]

Hi there:

I wasn't able to find anything related on the list archives, so here goes:

Lynx Version: 2.8.1pre1 (problem also in dev28 and dev29)
System:  Linux 2.0.35, glibc-2.0.6, ncurses-4.2, egcs-1.1b, sed-3.02

I get the following error partway through compilation:

----BEGIN COMPILE ERROR
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. -I.. -Ichrtrans -I./chrtrans -I.. -I../src 
-I../WWW/Library/Implementation  -Os -m386 -fomit-frame-pointer -DLINUX  -c 
./LYShowInfo.c
In file included from ./LYShowInfo.c:37:
../cfg_defs.h:178: unterminated string or character constant
../cfg_defs.h:76: possible real start of unterminated constant
../cfg_defs.h:1: unterminated `#if' conditional
make[1]: *** [LYShowInfo.o] Error 1
----END COMPILE ERROR

The relevant line in cfg_defs.h looks like:

----BEGIN cfg_defs.h LINE 76
        { "netlibs", " },
----END cfg_defs.h LINE 76

Yes, it's a single quote in the second field.

The portion of my config.cache that generates this:

----BEGIN config.cache SNIPPET
cf_cv_ncurses_version=${cf_cv_ncurses_version=4.2.980228}
cf_cv_netlibs=${cf_cv_netlibs=}
cf_cv_ngroups=${cf_cv_ngroups=yes}
----END config.cache SNIPPET

The empty cf_cv_netlibs also occurs in pre25, but no cfg_defs.h is
generated for that version...

If my config.cache is indeed correct, then it seems the sed script
which generates cfg_defs.h deletes a " where it shouldn't...

Thanks for any help,


Philip Chong
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