math/ggobi does not build, if graphics/graphviz installed

Greg Larkin glarkin at FreeBSD.org
Fri Apr 26 15:54:16 UTC 2013


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On 4/26/13 1:36 AM, Rainer Hurling wrote:
> Am 25.04.2013 22:40 (UTC+1) schrieb Greg Larkin:
>> On 4/25/13 12:02 PM, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>> On 25.04.2013 17:02 (UTC+2), Greg Larkin wrote:
>>>> On 4/25/13 1:39 AM, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>>>> Am 24.04.2013 22:53 (UTC+1) schrieb Greg Larkin:
>>>>>> On 4/24/13 1:38 PM, Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>>>>>> Oops, sorry for answering myself. But the typo gremlin
>>>>>>>  appeared.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 23.04.2013 18:38 (UTC+2), Rainer Hurling wrote:
>>>>>>>> Dear developers,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I am the maintainer of math/ggobi and I could need
>>>>>>>> some help for a longstanding problem with the build
>>>>>>>> of ggobi (not seen by tinderbox):
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> With graphics/graphviz installed, math/ggobi finds
>>>>>>>> this external installation by its configure script in
>>>>>>>>  plugins/GraphLayout. Then it tries to use it instead
>>>>>>>> of its internal graphviz version and fails when
>>>>>>>> trying to build the port.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The configure also sets HAVE_LIBGVC=1.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The diff between graphics/graphviz/Makefile
>>>>>>>> with/without external
>>>>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>>>> plugins/GraphLayout/Makefile
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> graphviz found is like this (the first version does
>>>>>>>> not build):
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 158,159c158,159 < LIBGVC_CFLAGS = 
>>>>>>>> -I/usr/local/include/graphviz < LIBGVC_LIBS = 
>>>>>>>> -L/usr/local/lib/graphviz -lgvc -lgraph -lcdt ---
>>>>>>>>> LIBGVC_CFLAGS = LIBGVC_LIBS =
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I am looking for either an elegant way to forbid this
>>>>>>>>  configure script to use the external graphviz or to
>>>>>>>> use the external graphviz correctly, when installed.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> If this would be possible, an option in the ports 
>>>>>>>> Makefile could switch between them (and install
>>>>>>>> external graphviz, if wanted).
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Could someone with more experience be so kind to push
>>>>>>>> me in the right direction, please.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Many thanks in advance, Rainer Hurling
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Rainer,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can you post an excerpt of the build failure log file
>>>>>> when math/ggobi attempts to build graphics/graphviz?
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Greg,
>>>> 
>>>>> I created an excerpt of the build log and put it together
>>>>> with config.log as a zip in the attachment.
>>>> 
>>>>> Please tell me, if I should provide more information.
>>>> 
>>>>> Many thanks for your answer, Rainer
>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you, Greg
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Rainer,
>>>> 
>>>> Can you send all config.log files that appear in the ggobi
>>>> work directory?  That would include any that appear in the
>>>> plugin build subdirectories.
>> 
>>> Yep, of course. The attached zip should contain them all.
>> 
>>> Thanks again, Rainer
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you, Greg
>> 
>> Hi Rainer,
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
>> There doesn't appear to be an easy way to convince 
>> plugins/GraphLayout/configure to ignore an already-installed
>> version of graphviz, and I don't see any patches for ggobi that
>> enable it to support new versions of graphviz.
> 
> That's what I have been afraid of :(
> 
>> At this point, I would add a post-configure target to the port 
>> Makefile and use it to patch plugins/GraphLayout/Makefile and 
>> plugins/GraphLayout/config.h to remove support for libgvc.  I did
>> that manually, and I was able to build the plugin by hand with
>> graphviz still installed.
> 
> For me it would be ok to disable the facility to use external
> graphviz installations.
> 
> Would you agree to share your patch, so that I could use it in the
> port? There was no attached patch ;)
> 
> You helped me a lot. I had been looking for some time now to find
> a solution for that problem. I really appreciate your help.
> 
> Many thanks again, Rainer
> 

Hi Rainer,

Here are the patches that worked for me:

- --- plugins/GraphLayout/config.h.orig   2013-04-26 15:48:23.000000000
+0000
+++ plugins/GraphLayout/config.h        2013-04-26 15:48:50.000000000
+0000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1

 /* whether the system has support for libgvc - graphviz */
- -#define HAVE_LIBGVC 1
+/* #define HAVE_LIBGVC 1 */

 /* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
 #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1

- -and-

- --- plugins/GraphLayout/Makefile.orig   2013-04-26 15:48:38.000000000
+0000
+++ plugins/GraphLayout/Makefile        2013-04-26 15:49:09.000000000
+0000
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@
 INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM = $(install_sh) -c -s
 LD = /usr/bin/ld
 LDFLAGS =
- -LIBGVC_CFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include/graphviz
- -LIBGVC_LIBS = -L/usr/local/lib/graphviz -lgvc -lgraph -lcdt
+LIBGVC_CFLAGS =
+LIBGVC_LIBS =
 LIBOBJS =
 LIBS =
 LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) $(top_builddir)/libtool


I'll leave the integration of those into the port for you, but a
custom post-configure target should help you.

Cheers,
Greg
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