[Samba] samba-4.5.1 build problem

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Thu, 2016-10-27 at 01:34 +1300, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-10-26 at 10:21 +0200, Peter Serbe via samba wrote:
> > 
> > Dear Samba experts, 
> > 
> > I tried to install the latest Samba release the way I 
> > did it always, i.e. starting with:
> > 
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/samba \
> >             --with-piddir=/usr/local/samba/var/run \
> >             --with-syslog \
> >             --with-quotas \
> >             --with-acl-support \
> >             --enable-debug \
> >             --enable-cups \
> >             --enable-selftest \
> >             --with-ads \
> >             --with-shared-modules=idmap_ad
> > 
> > But after a short while this stops throwing an error, 
> > which is totally cryptic to me
> > 
> > Checking for perl
> > 5.0.0                                                           :
> > ok
> > 5.24.1
> > Checking for perl
> > $Config{vendorprefix}:                                          :
> > '/usr'
> > PERL_ARCH_INSTALL_DIR:                                             
> >   
> >              : '${LIBDIR}/perl5'
> > PERL_LIB_INSTALL_DIR:                                              
> >   
> >              : '${DATADIR}/perl5'
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "./buildtools/bin/waf", line 76, in <module>
> >     Scripting.prepare(t, cwd, VERSION, wafdir)
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-
> > 4.5.1/third_party/waf/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 145, in prepare
> >     prepare_impl(t, cwd, ver, wafdir)
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-
> > 4.5.1/third_party/waf/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 135, in
> > prepare_impl
> >     main()
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-4.5.1/wscript", line 347, in main
> >     wildcard_main(wildcard_cmd)
> >   File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_wildcard.py", line 110, in
> > wildcard_main
> >     fun(ctx)
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-
> > 4.5.1/third_party/waf/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 241, in
> > configure
> >     conf.sub_config([''])
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-
> > 4.5.1/third_party/waf/wafadmin/Configure.py", line 237, in
> > sub_config
> >     self.recurse(k, name='configure')
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-
> > 4.5.1/third_party/waf/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 656, in recurse
> >     f(self)
> >   File "/usr/src/samba/samba-4.5.1/wscript", line 103, in configure
> >     conf.SAMBA_CHECK_PERL(mandatory=True)
> >   File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_perl.py", line 52, in
> > SAMBA_CHECK_PERL
> >     perl_inc.remove('.')
> > ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list
> > 
> > What should I do to overcome this?
> 
> I patched this at work yesterday.  I'll get you the patch when I get
> back to Catalyst tomorrow.
> 
> It wasn't hard, just something like adding:
> 
> if '.' in perl_inc:
> 
> at the indicated line.
> 
> Andrew Bartlett

I'll get:

http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=samba.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=edb109f6
82b296044cb4cb84bb03305a75e19c2d

Into the tree.  Have you filed a bug?  If so tell me the number and
I'll include that in the patch.

Thanks,

Andrew Bartlett

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Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT          http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba