>> That *is* strange.  Why in the world is it trying to
>> build in the
>> /dev/shm/libcarddav-0.6.2 folder??
>
> Probably because of the way I build packages.
>
> In my system I have $TMP defined to tmpfs at /dev/shm.
>
> Generally, the Slackware way to build packages is to untar the sources to
> a temporary working location. Although your svn sources are not
> compressed, I continue to use the same practice by copying the source tree
> to a temporary location.
>
> tqtinterface and libcaldav compile fine. As do other packages from svn
> using this practice. Just libcarddav is resisting.
>

OK, that helps.  Thanks for the info!

Tim