Re: [fontforge-users] Announcing LibSpiro - version libspiro_beta.0.3.20150131

On February 5, 2015 06:22:53 AM jb wrote:
> Jose Da Silva wrote:
> > On February 5, 2015 12:54:04 AM luigi scarso wrote:
> >> takes 0m11.666s
> >> to install libsipro on my notebook.
> > 
> > I think jon may be running an old sgi, so some things like autoconf
> > and automake may be very, very, outdated, but... no clues were given.
> 
> I finally got it to build by specifying c99 and hacking away at some
> errors but this is ridiculous. The docs are awful and totally
> non-informative. Having to struggle through a simple operation is
> indicative of a total lack of care and/or q/c.

I added a bunch of fixes based on a combination of your error messages, 
using ./configure CC=c89 and trying a compiler that's even older than yours.

My older compiler didn't complain about the errors you listed, therefore I 
think I caught all of them if you listed all of them:
cc-1241 cc: ERROR File = spiro.c, Line = 491
  A declaration cannot appear after an executable statement in a block.
      int i;
      ^
cc-1241 cc: ERROR File = spiro.c, Line = 492
  A declaration cannot appear after an executable statement in a block.
      int ilast;
      ^
etc.....

I'm interested to know if ./configure will stop when it doesn't find hypot() 
or finite() on your machine (without specifying ./configure CC=c99 ).

You'll still need to use CC=c99 for your computer, and even then, I suspect 
your version might not contain both hypot() and finite()/isfinite().
https://github.com/fontforge/libspiro/tree/0v3_using_configure


> I would suggest picking up a cheap Sun box and the Sun compiler (it's
> free for developers) and test this stuff before you send it winging its
> way into the world. Maybe even have someone who doesn't own a Secret
> Decoder Ring run through it first. *Anythign* is betetr than trusting
> gcc and Loonix.

Picking-up a Sun box is out of the question since I'm more interested in 
reducing my computer gear. Adding an old computer that runs about as fast 
as a modern smart phone is not in my plans, and today's Sun is now a part 
of Oracle, so, the current Oracle OS is based on Red Hat Linux, and their 
CPUs are not Sparc AFAIK.


> "Free and Open Source" is lovely and all but if it means "crap that
> doesn't work", then I'll stick with proprietary and commercial. Even
> Mickeeysoft :(

I highly doubt you meant the last paragraph here. :)
There is a difference between dropping libspiro when it first falls over, vs 
plodding through all the errors you encountered until you "finally got it to 
build" :)

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