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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

Hi,

This bug has been fixed in the SVN version. Please check.

--Joris


On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 08:16:48PM +0000, Paul Zarucki wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.10 (i386 32-bit version) and tried 
> to compile Texmacs 1.0.7. As reported by Andrea Gamba, it fails with the 
> following error:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> g++ -ISystem -ISystem/Boot -ISystem/Classes -ISystem/Files -ISystem/Link 
> -ISystem/Misc -ISystem/Language -IKernel/Abstractions 
> -IKernel/Containers -IKernel/Types -IData/Convert -IData/Drd 
> -IData/Observers -IData/String -IData/Tmfs -IData/Tree -IGuile 
> -IGraphics/Bitmap_fonts -IGraphics/Fonts -IGraphics/Gui 
> -IGraphics/Mathematics -IGraphics/Renderer -IPlugins -ITypeset 
> -ITypeset/Bridge -ITypeset/Concat -ITypeset/Page -IEdit -IPlugins 
> -ITexmacs -IEdit/Editor -IEdit/Interface -IEdit/Modify 
> -I/usr/include/freetype2 -pthread -Wall -Wno-return-type -O3 
> -fexpensive-optimizations -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -c 
> ./Edit/Editor/edit_typeset.cpp -o Objects/edit_typeset.o
> Kernel/Containers/hashmap_extra.cpp: In constructor ‘hashmap<T, 
> U>::hashmap(U, tree) [with T = string, U = tree]’:
> ./Edit/Editor/edit_typeset.cpp:358:   instantiated from here
> Kernel/Containers/hashmap_extra.cpp:126: error: no matching function for 
> call to ‘copy(tree&)’
> Kernel/Abstractions/basic.hpp:99: note: candidates are: int copy(int)
> Kernel/Types/string.hpp:50: note:                 string copy(string)
> make[2]: *** [Objects/edit_typeset.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Desktop/texmacs-1.0.7/src'
> make[1]: *** [TEXMACS] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Desktop/texmacs-1.0.7'
> make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I get the same error whether I compile the source code in the generic 
> way (as in my script) or if I try to make a Debian package using the 
> procedure adapted from Davide Anchisi as follows:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> # Add Debian Testing to your list of repositories then:
> sudo apt-get update
> 
> # Install some packages we need:
> sudo apt-get install fakeroot dpkg-dev
> 
> # Install Texmacs dependencies:
> sudo apt-get install groff texlive-base texlive-extra-utils 
> texlive-font-utils texlive-math-extra
> 
> # Get the source code and compile it to make a new package:
> apt-get source texmacs
> sudo apt-get build-dep texmacs
> apt-get -b source texmacs
> 
> # Install the new Texmacs package:
> sudo dpkg -i *deb
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Could the problem be a missing dependency or do I need the CVS version 
> of Texmacs? The version I am using compiles perfectly on Ubuntu 8.04 and 
> Debian 4.0.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> Andrea Gamba wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have been reading the posts about texmacs 1.0.7 in Ubuntu. I have tried 
> >to
> >install 1.0.7 on a cleanly installed Intrepid i386 box, but with lot of
> >problems.
> >
> >I have tried with three different methods:
> >
> >1) downloading debs from Debian experimental. The debs get installed but 
> >the
> >program crashes.
> >
> >2) the script kindly provided by Paul Zarucki. I get a compilation error 
> >in the
> >end.
> >
> >3) transforming the rpm available on the texmacs site with alien. It works
> >(it's the way I am happily using texmacs 1.0.7) but texmacs mime type is 
> >not
> >recognized (no corresponding icons on the desktop, no opening the program 
> >by
> >clicking on the icons). Also, I had to fix by hands the interfaces to 
> >several
> >mathematical packages. These are minor problems but annoying ones. I know 
> >how
> >to solve them by hands (I posted about it), I think therefore that it 
> >should
> >not be difficult to solve them at the level of the deb file (but I am not 
> >able
> >to do it myself.)
> >
> >I hoped that there would be a deb package of 1.0.7 for Ubuntu 9.04, which 
> >will
> >be out in the end of April, but it seems that they are still at 1.0.6. I
> >noticed that 1.0.7 fixed a lot of bugs, so it's a pity it will not 
> >available in
> >the next Ubuntu realease. If there would be a deb available, I would be 
> >happy
> >to test it to check the working of interfaces to several mathematical 
> >packages.
> >
> >
> >So my question is: will there be a deb package for Ubuntu 9.04 before its
> >release? or is it possible that there would be one available in backports? 
> >or
> >at least one for Ubuntu 9.10?
> >
> >Ubuntu is one of the more popular distributions around, in an ideal world 
> >a deb
> >to the last texmacs version should be available and working out of the box
> >together with good gnome integration (recognizing mime types) and 
> >integration
> >with mathematical packages (sessions working out of the box, no sh-bash
> >problems etc.)
> >
> >During the years I have been using texmacs more and more and I am more or 
> >less
> >able to fix problems. However new users may be scared away by a buggy 
> >interface
> >or difficulties in the installation. This hampers the wider adoption of an
> >outstanding program while a small effort would allow to solve these
> >comparatively minor problems.
> >
> >Andrea
> >
> >  
> 
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