[Scribus] make error

[Philipp Wagner]

Peter Linnell wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 23:17, Philipp Wagner wrote:
> 
>>Peter Linnell wrote:
>>
>>>On Sunday 11 April 2004 08:11 pm, Philipp Wagner wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Craig Bradney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 01:46, Philipp Wagner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>I downloaded the newest development version (1.1.6) of Scribus and get
>>>>>>the following error during the compiling:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>[...]
>>>>>
>>>>>What version of gcc? I need to be 3.0+, 3.2+ preferably.
>>>>
>>>>philipp at crystal:/usr/include/freetype2/freetype$ gcc -v
>>>>Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.95.4/specs
>>>>gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)
>>>>
>>>>That's the first thing. Then I looked once again on the 'system
>>>>requirements' page and found that freetype2 2.1 or higher is required.
>>>>Could that be the problem, too? Because an update of freetype would be a
>>>>bit easier than an update of gcc (ok, both are not really fun,
>>>>especially under Debian - but I don't have anything else here ;-)).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Complete compiling requirements:
>>>
>>>http://ahnews.music.salford.ac.uk/scribus/documentation/index-2.html#ss2.2
>>
>>Yes, I found that now, too. Independent from that problem now, I think 
>>the configure script should check a couple more things (like which 
>>version of freetype2 or the gcc version), that makes the thing a whole 
>>lot easier.
> 
> 
> True.
> 
> 
>>I looked at first at the System Requirements page under 
>>http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/sysreq.html and there is nothing 
>>about the GCC version - it's only a recommendation, but what means 
>>'strongly recommended'? Eather I need it, or I don't, but 'strongly 
>>recommended' doesn't say anything.
> 
> 
> That is an omission on that page and will get fixed very soon. However
> www.scribus.net is the canonical home page for Scribus. 

OK, I didn't know that - scribus.net was always a tick slower than the 
other one, that's why I preferred it. It didn't look outdated, and was 
ok for me ;-)

> 
> "strongly recommended"
> 
> [good explanation]
> 
>>From the 1.1.2 Release notes, linked on the front page:
> 
> "This is the first in a series of merges of optimizing patches for
> improved performance (they work!) and adherence to stricter, more modern
> C++ coding practices.  Hence, Scribus 1.1.2 and after will not compile
> on any version of GCC older than 3.0. GCC 3.2+ is highly recommended.The
> Scribus Team decided the performance gains and cleaner code made it
> necessary to forgo supporting 2.95.x compilers. It would be impossible
> to implement these improvements with 2.95.x compilers."

If I read through that, than I get that GCC 3.0+ is required. At least 
that should IMO be checked by the configure script and be in the system 
requirements.

> 
> When this was decided by the team, a survey was made to the mailing list
> asking for comments. Uniformly, the feedback was positive.

I can only agree with that, only the documentation lacks here a bit :-)

Thanks for your long and great answer, I'll try to get the new GCC and 
freetype2 and hope that it works by then ;-)

> 
> Peter