Compile Ice-3.3.0 on ubuntu8.04

[yihan]

I am compiling Ice-3.3 on ubuntu 8.04, Before that I compiled Ice-thirdParty and installed them in /opt/ directory. I edited the Make.rules in Ice-3.3.0/cpp/config as the following:#
# Select an installation base directory. The directory will be created
# if it does not exist.
#
prefix ?= /opt/Ice-$(VERSION)

#
# The "root directory" for runpath embedded in executables. Can be unset
# to avoid adding a runpath to Ice executables.
#
embedded_runpath_prefix ?= /opt/Ice-$(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR)

#
# Define OPTIMIZE as yes if you want to build with
# optimization. Otherwise Ice is build with debug information.
#
#OPTIMIZE = yes

#
# Define LP64 as yes or no if you want force a 32 or 64 bit. The
# default is platform-dependent
#
#LP64 ?= yes


#
# Define USE_READLINE as yes if you want to build parts of Ice using
# readline on platforms where readline is available (see
# PLATFORM_HAS_READLINE in Make.rules.$(UNAME))
#
# readline is used by a number of Ice admin programs to provide
# command history, an optional feature.
#
# readline is licensed by the Free Software Foundation under the GNU
# Public License v2, and cannot be combined with GPL-incompatible
# software in any program. In particular the OpenSSL license is
# GPL-incompatible.
#
# If you combine Ice with more GPL-incompatible software, or have
# licensed Ice under a commercial (non-GPL) license, you should ponder
# the licensing implications of using readline.
#

USE_READLINE ?= yes


#
# If libbzip2 is not installed in a standard location where the
# compiler can find it, set BZIP2_HOME to the bzip2 installation
# directory.
#
BZIP2_HOME ?= /opt/bzip2


#
# If Berkeley DB is not installed in a standard location where the
# compiler can find it, set DB_HOME to the Berkeley DB installation
# directory.
#
DB_HOME ?= /opt/db

#
# If expat is not installed in a standard location where the compiler
# can find it, set EXPAT_HOME to the expat installation directory.
#
EXPAT_HOME ?= /opt/expat

#
# If OpenSSL is not installed in a standard location where the
# compiler can find it, set OPENSSL_HOME to the OpenSSL installation
# directory.
#
#OPENSSL_HOME ?= /opt/openssl

#
# If Mcpp is not installed in a standard location where the compiler
# can find it, set MCPP_HOME to the Mcpp installation directory.
#
MCPP_HOME ?= /opt/mcpp

# MCPP_HOME ?= /opt/mcpp-2.7.1

#
# If readline is not installed in a standard location where the
# compiler can find it, AND you want to use readline, set
# READLINE_HOME to the readline installation directory.
#
#READLINE_HOME ?= /opt/readline

#
# Generate position independent code unless GENPIC is set to no
#
#GENPIC ?= yes

#
# Support for creating static libraries is currently provided only for
# building the Ice-E translators.
#
STATICLIBS = yes

Since my system have the lastest openssl, so I don't need to recompile openssl.

Then when I try to make in Ice-3.3.0 directory, I get the following error message:

....
making all in slice2cpp
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/slice2cpp'
rm -f ../../bin/slice2cpp
c++ -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-rpath,/opt/Ice-3.3/lib -ftemplate-depth-128 -Wall -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/nptl -fPIC -g -L../../lib -o ../../bin/slice2cpp Gen.o Main.o -lSlice -lIceUtil -L/usr/lib/nptl -lpthread -lrt -Wl,-rpath-link,/opt/mcpp/lib
../../lib/libSlice.a(Preprocessor.o): In function `Slice::Preprocessor:rintMakefileDependencies(Sl ice::Preprocessor::Language, std::vector<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >, std::allocator<std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > > > const&)':
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:224: undefined reference to `mcpp_use_mem_buffers'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:225: undefined reference to `mcpp_lib_main'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:231: undefined reference to `mcpp_get_mem_buffer'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:242: undefined reference to `mcpp_use_mem_buffers'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:250: undefined reference to `mcpp_get_mem_buffer'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:259: undefined reference to `mcpp_use_mem_buffers'
../../lib/libSlice.a(Preprocessor.o): In function `Slice::Preprocessor:reprocess(bool)':
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:158: undefined reference to `mcpp_use_mem_buffers'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:159: undefined reference to `mcpp_lib_main'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:165: undefined reference to `mcpp_get_mem_buffer'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:176: undefined reference to `mcpp_get_mem_buffer'
/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/Slice/Preprocessor.cpp:195: undefined reference to `mcpp_use_mem_buffers'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [../../bin/slice2cpp] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/yihan/Desktop/Ice-3.3.0/cpp/src/slice2cpp'


By the way, libIceUtil.a and libSlice.a was generated without any problem.

I really need someone help me out !

Thank you in advance,

yihan

[benoit]

Hi,

Building Ice with static libraries is not supported so you shouldn't set STATICLIBS to "yes". As specified by the comment in config/Make.rules, the STATICLIBS variable is only useful for building Ice-E translators.

Actually, since it's not useful for building the Ice distribution, it would be best if this setting wasn't there... we'll fix this for the next release!

Cheers,
Benoit.