> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 20:11:24 +0100 > Subject: Re: Cinnamon-desktop - no rule to build target error message > From: matthias@tenstral.net > To: rwobben@hotmail.com > CC: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org > > 2014-02-12 20:06 GMT+01:00 Roelof Wobben <rwobben@hotmail.com>: > > Hello, > > > > When I try to build cinnamon-desktop with debuild I see this error message: > > > > make[1]: Map > > '/home/roelof/porting_work/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.0.4' wordt > > verlaten > > dh_auto_test > > make -j1 check > > make[1]: Map > > '/home/roelof/porting_work/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.0.4' wordt > > binnengegaan > > Making check in libcinnamon-desktop > > make[2]: Map > > '/home/roelof/porting_work/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.0.4/libcinnamon-desktop' > > wordt binnengegaan > > test -s ../libcinnamon-desktop/pnp.ids > > make[2]: Map > > '/home/roelof/porting_work/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.0.4/libcinnamon-desktop' > > wordt verlaten > > Making check in po > > make[2]: Map > > '/home/roelof/porting_work/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.0.4/po' wordt > > binnengegaan > > make[2]: *** There is no rule to make target > > '../libgnome-desktop/display-name.c' neeeded for 'cinnamon-desktop.pot'. > > Aborting. > > > > The tree which I build can be found here : > > https://github.com/CinnamonDebian/cinnamon-desktop > Looks like you are discovering loads and loads of Cinnamon bugs here! > This is a bug in the makefile, because they renamed libgnome-desktop > and apparently forgot to adjust a patch in the build-system. You can > create a quilt patch for it and send it upstream. > Btw, related question: Why can't they just use GJS and have to for it > to CJS? GJS should be usable for anything in Cinnamon as well, and > introducing forked code is always a bad thing (= more work for the > security team). > Cheers, > Matthias > Yes, and what I find the most surprising it that if I use cdbs the bugs are not there. Do I have to make a patch in the Makefile ? or somewhere else ? Why they do not use cjs I do not know and I can ask upstream but Im sure we do not get a answer. Roelof |