Hello I got the source rpm of KOFFICE 1.3 from koffice.kde.org. It is for Fedora Core 1, so I tried to rebuild it on RH9. The build fails with the error below. The specs file is pasted right after that . Any pointer to fix this is appreciated. TIA, Marco Fioretti /bin/sh ../../../libtool --silent --mode=link --tag=CXX g++ -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -O2 -O2 -g -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNO_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -o libkivioselecttool.la -rpath /usr/lib -module -avoid-version -module -no-undefined -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,--allow-shlib-undefined plugin.lo tool_select.lo ../../../lib/kotext/libkotext.la ../../../lib/kopainter/libkopainter.la -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib/qt-3.1/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib ../../../kivio/kiviopart/libkiviopart.la *** Warning: Linking the shared library libkivioselecttool.la against the loadable module *** libkiviopart.so is not portable! g++: /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs: Bad file descriptor make[5]: *** [libkivioselecttool.la] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/marco/RPM_FOUNDRY/BUILD/koffice-1.3/kivio/plugins/kivioselecttool' ########################################################### Now the /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.2/specs file: *asm: %{v:-V} %{Qy:} %{!Qn:-Qy} %{n} %{T} %{Ym,*} %{Yd,*} %{Wa,*:%*} *asm_debug: %{gstabs*:--gstabs}%{!gstabs*:%{g*:--gdwarf2}} *asm_final: %| *asm_options: %a %Y %{c:%W{o*}%{!o*:-o %w%b%O}}%{!c:-o %d%w%u%O} *invoke_as: %{!S:-o %{|!pipe:%g.s} | as %(asm_options) %{!pipe:%g.s} %A } *cpp: %(cpp_cpu) %{fPIC:-D__PIC__ -D__pic__} %{fpic:-D__PIC__ -D__pic__} %{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} %{pthread:-D_REENTRANT} *cpp_options: %(cpp_unique_options) %{std*} %{d*} %{W*} %{w} %{pedantic*} %{fshow-column} %{fno-show-column} %{fsigned-char&funsigned-char} %{fleading-underscore} %{fno-leading-underscore} %{fno-operator-names} %{ftabstop=*} *cpp_unique_options: %{C:%{!E:%eGNU C does not support -C without using -E}} %{nostdinc*} %{C} %{v} %{I*} %{P} %{$} %I %{MD:-MD %{!o:%b.d}%{o*:%.d%*}} %{MMD:-MMD %{!o:%b.d}%{o*:%.d%*}} %{M} %{MM} %{MF*} %{MG} %{MP} %{MQ*} %{MT*} %{!E:%{!M:%{!MM:%{MD|MMD:%{o*:-MQ %*}}}}} %{!no-gcc:-D__GNUC__=%v1 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=%v2 -D__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__=%v3 -D__GXX_ABI_VERSION=102} %{!undef:%{!ansi:%{!std=*:%p}%{std=gnu*:%p}} %P} %{trigraphs} %{Os:-D__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__} %{O*:%{!O0:-D__OPTIMIZE__}} %{fno-inline|O0|!O*:-D__NO_INLINE__} %{ffast-math:-D__FAST_MATH__} %{ffreestanding:-D__STDC_HOSTED__=0} %{fno-hosted:-D__STDC_HOSTED__=0} %{!ffreestanding:%{!fno-hosted:-D__STDC_HOSTED__=1}} %{remap} %{g3:-dD} %{H} %C %{fshort-wchar:-U__WCHAR_TYPE__ -D__WCHAR_TYPE__=short\ unsigned\ int} %{D*&U*&A*} %{i*} %Z %i %{E|M|MM:%W{o*}} *trad_capable_cpp: %{traditional|ftraditional|traditional-cpp:trad}cpp0 *cc1: %(cc1_cpu) %{profile:-p} *cc1_options: %{pg:%{fomit-frame-pointer:%e-pg and -fomit-frame-pointer are incompatible}} %1 %{!Q:-quiet} -dumpbase %B %{d*} %{m*} %{a*} %{g*} %{O*} %{W*} %{w} %{pedantic*} %{std*} %{ansi} %{traditional} %{v:-version} %{pg:-p} %{p} %{f*} %{Qn:-fno-ident} %{--help:--help} %{--target-help:--target-help} %{!fsyntax-only:%{S:%W{o*}%{!o*:-o %b.s}}} %{fsyntax-only:-o %j} %{-param*} *cc1plus: *link_gcc_c_sequence: %G %L %G *endfile: %{!shared:crtend.o%s} %{shared:crtendS.o%s} crtn.o%s *link: %{!static:--eh-frame-hdr} -m elf_i386 %{shared:-shared} %{!shared: %{!ibcs: %{!static: %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic} %{!dynamic-linker:-dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2}} %{static:-static}}} *lib: %{pthread:-lpthread} %{shared:-lc} %{!shared:%{mieee-fp:-lieee} %{profile:-lc_p}%{!profile:-lc}} *libgcc: %{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M -lgcc}}%{shared:%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%M}%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc}}}} *startfile: %{!shared: %{pg:gcrt1.o%s} %{!pg:%{p:gcrt1.o%s} %{!p:%{profile:gcrt1.o%s} %{!profile:crt1.o%s}}}} crti.o%s %{static:crtbeginT.o%s} %{!static:%{!shared:crtbegin.o%s} %{shared:crtbeginS.o%s}} *switches_need_spaces: *predefines: -D__ELF__ -Dunix -D__gnu_linux__ -Dlinux -Asystem=posix *cross_compile: 0 *version: 3.2.2 *multilib: . ; 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Use `-march=i386' or `-mcpu=i386' instead. } %{m486:-mcpu=i486 %n`-m486' is deprecated. Use `-march=i486' or `-mcpu=i486' instead. } %{mpentium:-mcpu=pentium %n`-mpentium' is deprecated. Use `-march=pentium' or `-mcpu=pentium' instead. } %{mpentiumpro:-mcpu=pentiumpro %n`-mpentiumpro' is deprecated. Use `-march=pentiumpro' or `-mcpu=pentiumpro' instead. }} %{mintel-syntax:-masm=intel %n`-mintel-syntax' is deprecated. Use `-masm=intel' instead. } %{mno-intel-syntax:-masm=att %n`-mno-intel-syntax' is deprecated. Use `-masm=att' instead. } *link_command: %{!fsyntax-only:%{!c:%{!M:%{!MM:%{!E:%{!S: %(linker) %l %X %{o*} %{A} %{d} %{e*} %{m} %{N} %{n} %{r} %{s} %{t} %{u*} %{x} %{z} %{Z} %{!A:%{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%S}}} %{static:} %{L*} %(link_libgcc) %o %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%(link_gcc_c_sequence)}} %{!A:%{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}}} %{T*} }}}}}} -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Intellectual freedom cannot exist without political freedom; political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries. -- Ayn Rand, "For the New Intellectual" ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ If they can get you asking the wrong question, the answers don't matter. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list