Re: matplitlib build problems

["Kumar Appaiah" <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in>]

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Kumar Appaiah <a.kumar@alumni.iitm.ac.in> (18/09/2008):
>> Now, this shouldn't really happen, since g++ is supposed to be present
>> during the build, right? Also, note that the g++ package is being
>> installed on arm and ia64, but not on mips and powerpc.
>
> At least on ia64 (didn't check the others), looks like broken chroot:
> | Toolchain package versions: libc6.1-dev_2.7-6 gcc-4.3_4.3.1-9 g++-4.3_ binutils_2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 libstdc++6_4.3.1-9 libstdc++6-4.3-dev_
>
> Note the x_ packages (as opposed to x_y), they are missing.

It appears that the chroot is outdated, and this is being fixed. But
the problem stems from the fact that the versions of gcc and g++ on
these buildds seem mismatched, and the build system tries to build C++
using gcc, which fails.

I have reported the problem upstream as well.

Thanks.

Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah