>> The failure: >> >> In file included from /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby.h:32:0, >> >> from Qt.cpp:49: >> /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/ruby/ruby.h:24:25: fatal error: >> ruby/config.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. >> make[5]: *** [Qt.lo] Error 1 >> >> The oddity is no such failure on Slackware 13.1 or 13.37, 32 >> or 64 bit. config.h is installed in the same place on all >> systems. >> >> Any ideas? > > I'm finding this build failure confusing. Hopefully somebody can shed some > light. > > tdebindings builds without failure on Slackware 13.1 and 13.37, but fails > on Slackware Current (soon to be Slackware 14). The problem is not gcc > 4.7.1 related because this failure started before Current updated to 4.7.1 > (only yesterday). I previously built tdebindings on Current a few weeks > ago. What changed between then and now? Ruby was updated from 1.9.1 to > 1.9.3 and that is the only related change I notice. > > That is what the failure message indicates too. > > In tdebindings/qtruby/rubylib/qtruby/Qt.cpp: > > #include <ruby.h> > > In ruby-1.9.1, ruby.h: > > #include "ruby/config.h" > > In ruby-1.9.3, ruby.h: > > #include "ruby/config.h" > > For both, config.h is installed at: > > /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i486-linux/ruby/config.h > > I don't know why ruby 1.9.3 uses ruby-1.9.1 as a parent directory rather > than ruby-1.9.3. Could that be the problem? > > How do I work-around this failure? > > Darrell That is one of the strangest include file directory trees I have seen! I (and the TDE compilation process) would expect to see: /usr/include/i486-linux/ruby-1.9.1/ or /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/ or /usr/include/ but not /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i486-linux/. You may need to pass /usr/include/ruby-1.9.1/i486-linux/ as an extra include directory to the build process. Tim