On 5 April 2012 08:06, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@...> wrote: > All, > > Beginning a complete rebuild last night was evidently a bad idea. 13 packages > that had previously built without any error now fail to build. The list of > failing packages include: > > Beginning build of: libkarma - Apr 4 20:19:06 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: dependencies/python-tqt - Apr 4 20:12:56 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: libraries/kipi-plugins - Apr 4 22:43:59 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: tdegames - Apr 4 23:49:31 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: tdegraphics - Apr 5 00:21:04 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: tdepim - Apr 5 00:30:10 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/rosegarden - Apr 5 00:34:51 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/basket - Apr 5 00:38:14 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/k3b - Apr 5 00:39:00 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/gwenview - Apr 5 00:44:53 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/kima - Apr 5 00:49:19 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: applications/krusader - Apr 5 00:54:10 > makepkg --> FAILED > Beginning build of: tdesdk - Apr 5 00:57:28 > makepkg --> FAILED > > The only new packages installed that are related to the failures are: > > binutils-2.22-5 boost-1.49.0-1.1 boost-libs-1.49.0-1.1 coreutils-8.16-2 > expat-2.1.0-1 fftw-3.3.1-1 freetype2-2.4.9-2 gcc-4.7.0-3 gcc-libs-4.7.0-3 > glibc-2.15-10 krb5-1.10.1-2 libarchive-3.0.4-1 libltdl-2.4.2-5 > libtool-2.4.2-5 linux-api-headers-3.3-1 p11-kit-0.12-1 tzdata-2012b-3 > xfig-3.2.5b-8 xorg-server-1.12.0.901-1 xorg-server-common-1.12.0.901-1 > > Of those - the obvious winners look like gcc-4.7, glibc-2.15 and xorg. > Frustrating, yes, but understanding the failures will probably disclose > weaknesses in the codebase. I'll put time into trying to narrow down what broke. > > You guys that are build wizards, please let me know if you see, or know of, a > common thread that may have been pulled in with gcc 4.7 that may be the base of > the build problem. > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.7/changes.html Relevant links. Also can we get some output of the failures in an attachment or something? Calvin