Re: Problem compiling sablevm-1.1.9 on Debian

Etienne Gagnon wrote:

> Sebastien wrote:
>
>> And then tried: ./configure which stopped on the same error:
>>
>> $ ./configure
>> [...]
>> checking for ffi_prep_cif in -lffi... no
>> ***ERROR: libffi is missing
>
>
> Hi Sebastien,
>
> You should try compiling the following program:
>
> #include <ffi.h>
> int main()
> {
>   ffi_cif cif;
>   ffi_type *args[1];
>   ffi_prep_cif(&cif, FFI_DEFAULT_ABI, 1, &ffi_type_uint, args);
>   return 0;
> }
>
> as follows:
>
> $ gcc -o test -lffi test.c
>
> Do you get any error?  If yes, can you tell us about it?

It compiled with no errors. So this confirms that the library is installed.

>
> Also, if the problem persists, could you tell us about the output of 
> the following commands:
>
> $ export -p
> $ gcc -version
> $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
> $ uname -a
>
The problem persists, here is the asked output:

$ export -p
declare -x COLORTERM="gnome-terminal"
declare -x DESKTOP_SESSION="default"
declare -x DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=""
declare -x DISPLAY=":0.0"
declare -x GDMSESSION="default"
declare -x GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION="local"
declare -x GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID="Default"
declare -x GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET="/tmp/keyring-LBtgSd/socket"
declare -x GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/seb/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2"
declare -x HOME="/home/seb"
declare -x LANG="en_CA"
declare -x LOGNAME="seb"
declare -x 
LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.ogg=01;35:*.mp3=01;35:*.wav=01;35:"
declare -x LS_OPTIONS="--color=auto -h"
declare -x OLDPWD="/home/seb"
declare -x PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
declare -x PS1="\\h% "
declare -x PWD="/home/univers/UQAM/sablevm"
declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/Passion:/tmp/.ICE-unix/721"
declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash"
declare -x SHLVL="1"
declare -x SSH_AGENT_PID="764"
declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/ssh-MhNastY721/agent.721"
declare -x TERM="xterm"
declare -x USER="seb"
declare -x USERNAME="seb"
declare -x WINDOWID="33554497"
declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/seb/.Xauthority"

$ gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-6)
Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

$ uname -a
Linux Passion 2.6.10-20050119 #1 Wed Jan 19 22:45:01 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux