On 11/17/2010 09:05 AM, stan wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:30:39 -0800 > JD<jd1008@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I tried to build mplayer from source rpm. >> mplayer-1.0-0.117.20100703svn.fc13.src.rpm >> >> The build seems to die at the last step of linking all >> the objects to produce the binary mplayer. >> The failure is: >> >> /usr/bin/ld: osdep/getch2.o: undefined reference to symbol 'tgetnum' >> /usr/bin/ld: note: 'tgetnum' is defined in DSO /lib/libtinfo.so.5 so >> try adding it to the linker command line >> /lib/libtinfo.so.5: could not read symbols: Invalid operation > I am able to build successfully mplayer on F14 x86_64 using the source > from subversion at the mplayer website. > > When building from source, their README requires running ./configure, > though they say that they aren't actually running the autoconf version > but an emulation they wrote. This discovers all the libraries and adds > them to the linker line. > > I noticed that your linker line had no -ltinfo in it, so compiling from > the source RPM didn't perform this step, it seems. Maybe the > maintainer doesn't have this library installed. I *think* there is a > config include that with this information, so you could add it manually > and it should work. > > Probably a good thing to document this with a bugzilla. Hi Stan, Turns out problem was not in the mplayer source code, but in my rpmbuild command options. Once I issued the correct --with args (for the libs I wanted enabled that are not normally enabled in the released rpm), all went well. My apologies for the noise! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines