Multiple issues on Arch Linux with gcc 11.2

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#210 Multiple issues on Arch Linux with gcc 11.2

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Updated: 2023-01-11

Created: 2022-04-03

Creator: Drew Ferguson

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I encountered multiple issues when trying to build Scidb on my ArchLinux desktop
I eventually got a clean build; attached are patches and a script to apply them.

Here are the problems I encountered

configure script did not understand the double digit version number of gcc (11.2); patch file provided. Patch sets minimum version to be 10.0
needed to set CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS (on configure) to include -fcommon because, since v10, gcc and friends no longer tolerate "Multiple Definitions" i.e. a definition in a header file included by several source files. The primary offender was in src/tk/tcl8.6/tclInt.h but there may be others. Using the compiler switch -fcommon reverts to previous behaviour tolerating multiple defines. These flags can be passed as environment variables to the configure script. This is a workaround only - a proper fix will be quite extensive
src/sys/sys_info.cpp includes a non-existent header (see Issue #209). Patch file provided
the Makefile for the Sjeng engine also needs the -fcommon switch. Patch file provided
src/dump_eco.cpp has a broken line 116. Patch file provided.; patch changes an error message. This is not essential as the echo binary is provided anyway. There are also a few errors in the source for the eco file - provided in a following ticket

After applying these patches, the following command sequence

export CFLAGS="-fcommon" CXXFLAGS="-fcommon"; ./configure
make clean
make
sudo make install

provides a clean install on ArchLinux; I will try and resurrect the AUR package

For the attached script and patches, download them all to your Scidb source tree and run the (bash) script

5 Attachments

configure.patch

dump_eco.cpp.patch

engines.Sjeng.Makefile.patch

revise-patch.sh

sys_info.cpp.patch

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Drew Ferguson - 2022-04-05

A working deployment is available again for ArchLinux in AUR

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zugzuang - 2022-04-24

I was super happy that you brought this wonderful program to the year 2022. But unfortunately it continues to give me an error. I tried to install with pamac-manager and with yay both through Manjaro. I'm using the most current version of Manjaro kernel 5.17.1-3. make: (*** [Makefile:20: all] Error 2
==> ERRO: A failure occurred in build().
Aborting...
-> error when building: scidb-svn) But I do not lose hope, one day I will install this amazing program, on an updated version of Arch Linux. Congratulations for the excellent work.

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- Bogdan B - 2022-04-25
  
  zugzuang: please try to post a more detailed error text (if needed, re-run make in verbose mode): make VERBOSE=1
  
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zugzuang - 2022-04-25

make VERBOSE=1
make[1]: 'scidb-beta.1.gz' está atualizado.
Compiling cql/cql_match.cpp [-fcommon -g -I/usr/include -DSCI_NAMEBASE_FIX=1]
In file included from ../mstl/m_memblock.h:71,
from ../mstl/m_vector.h:24,
from cql/cql_match.h:34,
from cql/cql_match.cpp:27:
../mstl/m_memblock.ipp: In member function ‘mstl::memblock& mstl::memblock<t>::operator=(mstl::memblock<t>&&)’:
../mstl/m_memblock.ipp:134:27: error: invalid use of incomplete type ‘class mstl::memblock<t>’
134 | memblock::~memblock();
| ^~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../mstl/m_vector.h:24,
from cql/cql_match.h:34,
from cql/cql_match.cpp:27:
../mstl/m_memblock.h:27:7: note: declaration of ‘class mstl::memblock<t>’
27 | class memblock
| ^~~~~~~~
make[2]: *** [Makefile:162: cql/cql_match.o] Erro 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:205: recursive] Erro 1
make: *** [Makefile:20: all] Erro 2</t></t></t></t>

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Drew Ferguson - 2022-04-25

zuguang: sorry I cannot replicate your behaviour

However, line 134 in src/mstl/m_memblock.ipp is a condition skipping the line reported above

Do you have a recent source code checkout?

Does your code have the following at line 134?

#if 0 // NOTE: since compiler version 8.1 this is not compiling anymore memblock::~memblock(); #else this->memblock::~memblock(); #endif

if you do not - your codebase is not current

if you do, I don't know why the condition is not being triggered - you could try replacing the whole test block with the line

this->memblock::~memblock();

and try to make again

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zugzuang - 2022-04-25

Thank you very much, it worked! Installation finished without errors. As soon as I have some free time I will finally use this excellent program on an updated 2022 linux distro. Thank you very much.

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Roland Chastain - 2023-01-06

@Drew Ferguson

Thank you very much. By applying your patches, I could build the application on Linux Mageia.

By the way, is it possible to run the application without installing it?

If I do this:

[roland@localhost src]$ ./tkscidb-beta

I get only a little blank window.

Last edit: Roland Chastain 2023-01-06

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- Drew Ferguson - 2023-01-06
  
  The name of the binary is scidb-beta; it is in the tcl tree of your source .
  It may not function fully though as some components (such as the engines, graphics and other things) get installed in /usr/bin and below /usr/share
  
  If you do install it, there is an uninstall function should remove everything; run it from the top of your source tree
  sudo make uninstall
  
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  - Roland Chastain - 2023-01-11
    
    Thank you for your answer. Indeed it didn't even start when I tried to run it without installing, but after installation it works well.
    
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