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Subject: Problems compiling dvips
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 94 14:43:22 EST
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Hello,

I am trying to compile dvips in an HP 9000/890 with HP-UX 9.00 using
gcc.2.4.5. I am using the source files contained in the Unix TeX 3.141
tape. This is the first time that I install TeX and so far I have been
successful installing tex, latex, slitex, ... etc. Now I am trying to
compile dvips. After configuring the directories

    "./DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a"
    "./DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/kpathsea"
    "./DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/dvipsk"

I type "make" at directory dvipsk-5.521a. I was able to successfully
build "kpathsea.a". The makefile then changes directory to dvipsk; all
the files compiled correctly, however, when it tries to link all the
*.o files, I get a linker error saying that function "assert" is not
found anywhere. The following is the output of the Makefile:

BEGIN MAKEFILE OUTPUT **************************************************

cd ~/productos/Unix-TeX-3.141/DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/
make -k
cd kpathsea; make  -k SHELL='/bin/sh' prefix=/productos/TeX exec_prefix=/productos/TeX bindir=/productos/TeX/bin libdir=/productos/TeX/lib datadir=/productos/TeX/lib infodir=/productos/TeX/info includedir=/productos/TeX/include manext=1 mandir=/productos/TeX/man/man1 texprefix=/productos/TeX/lib/tex     mfprefix=/productos/TeX/lib/mf texinputdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/macros mfinputdir=/productos/TeX/lib/mf/macros texpooldir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex   mfpooldir=/productos/TeX/lib/mf texfontdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/fonts psfontdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/fonts/adobe dvips_prefix=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips configdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips headerdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips
make[1]: Entering directory `/productos/Unix-TeX-3.141/DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/kpathsea'
cd .
gcc  -I. -I. -I..     -c putenv.c
rm -f kpathsea.a
ar cq kpathsea.a absolute.o concat.o concat3.o concatn.o debug.o default.o dir.o elt-dirs.o expand.o extend-fname.o file-p.o find-suffix.o fn.o fontmap.o init-path.o itoa.o line.o make-suffix.o path-elt.o pathsearch.o putenv.o readable.o rm-suffix.o str-list.o str-llist.o tex-font.o tex-glyph.o tex-make.o tilde.o truncate.o uppercasify.o variable.o version.o xcalloc.o xfopen.o xmalloc.o xopendir.o xputenv.o xrealloc.o xstat.o xstrdup.o
ranlib kpathsea.a
ranlib: ar already did it for you, see ar(1).
make[1]: Leaving directory `/productos/Unix-TeX-3.141/DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/kpathsea'
for d in dvipsk web2c xdvik; do \
  if test -d $d; then (cd $d; make  -k SHELL='/bin/sh' prefix=/productos/TeX exec_prefix=/productos/TeX bindir=/productos/TeX/bin libdir=/productos/TeX/lib datadir=/productos/TeX/lib infodir=/productos/TeX/info includedir=/productos/TeX/include manext=1 mandir=/productos/TeX/man/man1 texprefix=/productos/TeX/lib/tex     mfprefix=/productos/TeX/lib/mf texinputdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/macros mfinputdir=/productos/TeX/lib/mf/macros texpooldir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex   mfpooldir=/productos/TeX/lib/mf texfontdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/fonts psfontdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/fonts/adobe dvips_prefix=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips configdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips headerdir=/productos/TeX/lib/tex/dvips all); \
  else true; fi; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/productos/Unix-TeX-3.141/DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/dvipsk'
cd .
gcc    -o dvips dospecial.o dviinput.o emspecial.o fontdef.o loadfont.o dvips.o tfmload.o download.o prescan.o scanpage.o skippage.o output.o scalewidth.o dosection.o dopage.o resident.o search.o unpack.o drawPS.o header.o makefont.o repack.o virtualfont.o dpicheck.o finclude.o pprescan.o papersiz.o color.o bbox.o ../kpathsea/kpathsea.a   -lm
/bin/ld: Unsatisfied symbols:
   assert (code)
collect: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [dvips] Error 1
make[1]: Target `all' not remade because of errors.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/productos/Unix-TeX-3.141/DVIware/laser-setters/dvi-to-ps/dvipsk-5.521a/dvipsk'

Compilation finished at Mon Dec 27 19:19:43

END OF MAKEFILE OUTPUT **************************************************

I do not understand why the linker cannot find the library function
assert. I compiled and run the following simple program successfully
(gtest.c):

    #include <assert.h>
    #include <stdio.h>

    int main ()
    {
      int var = 0;

      assert (var);
    }

I also tried compiling it like it follows and I also was successful
compiling and running the program:

    gcc -o gtest gtest.c kpathsea.a

There are no calls to "assert" in any of the source files found at
directory dvipsk-5.521a/dvipsk. The only source files that contain
calls to assert are in directory dvipsk-5.52a/kpathsea and are files:

    default.c (line 35)
    elt-dirs.c (line 123)
    fn.c (lines 61 and 115)
    path-elt.c (line 56)
    tilde.c (line 40)
    xputenv.c (line 40)

I have no idea why /bin/ld cannot find function assert when compiling
dvips. I have tried everything I could imagine. Could you please help
me ? I badly need to complete the installation of TeX.

Thanks a lot in advance,

Enrique