[SOLVED]can't compile from aur

Question

/usr/bin/ld: main.o: undefined reference to symbol 'XPending'
/usr/bin/ld: note: 'XPending' is defined in DSO /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 so try adding it to the linker command line
/usr/lib/libX11.so.6: could not read symbols: Invalid operation
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [netwmpager] error 1
Last edited by nevliv (2012-05-30 01:56:33)

Answer 1

Yup, not quite the same problem.  It's an entirely independent problem with a related root cause: old/faulty PKGBUILDS.
Terminator is correct about the general solution, but note the sed line will have to be modified more than that.  The above sed line was specific to the netwmpager Makefile.  The extcalc Makefile will not have the same linker line so the sed context will not match.
For one-of fixes, it's probably easier to manually edit the Makefile.  Once you find an edit that works, it can be made into a sed line [and reported to the package maintainer] so they can add it to the PKGBUILD in the AUR, so other users can benefit from your fix.
Just to stress that last point - please make sure  you are reporting these problems and the fixes on the AUR page of the package.
EDIT: I just looked at extcalc.  It uses cmake.  I'm not remotely familiar with cmake, so the exact solution for this package may be very different.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-05-29 13:02:02)