# Weirdness building 1.3.0

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013 "2007-12-11T21:21:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Bob_Pendleton)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013/1 "2007-12-11T21:21:46Z")

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I’ve tried to build 1.3.0 from svn today. I did a complete update to  
make sure I had the correct code. I built the library and installed it  
with not problems. But, then I tried to build in the test directory and  
ran into a problem that has me stumped.

here is what I typed and the results:

> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$ ./autogen.sh  
> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$ ./configure  
> checking build system type… x86\_64-unknown-linux-gnu  
> checking host system type… x86\_64-unknown-linux-gnu  
> checking for gcc… gcc  
> checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out  
> checking whether the C compiler works… yes  
> checking whether we are cross compiling… no  
> checking for suffix of executables…  
> checking for suffix of object files… o  
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes  
> checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes  
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89… none needed  
> checking for an ANSI C-conforming const… yes  
> checking for sdl-config… /usr/local/bin/sdl-config  
> checking for SDL - version \>= 1.3.0… no  
> \*\*\* Could not run SDL test program, checking why…  
> \*\*\* The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the  
> \*\*\* exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed  
> \*\*\* or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you  
> \*\*\* may want to edit the sdl-config script: /usr/local/bin/sdl-config  
> configure: error: \*\*\* SDL version 1.3.0 not found!

Ok, it says that sdl-config is reporting the wrong version of sdl. So, I test to see what it returns:

> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$ sdl-config --version  
> 1.3.0  
> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$ /usr/local/bin/sdl-config --version  
> 1.3.0  
> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$ which sdl-config  
> /usr/local/bin/sdl-config  
> bob at voyager:~/sdl/sdl1.3/test$

Which pretty much proves that the correct sdl-config is installed  
and it is the one that you get by default and from the install directory.

Could I get a little help figuring this out?

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**Author:** ![Solra\_Bizna](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Solra\_Bizna](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Solra_Bizna)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013/2 "2007-12-12T00:13:21Z")

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That’s not what it’s saying at all. It’s saying that the SDL test  
program failed to compile or link, and to look at config.log for the  
actual error. (This will involve wading through lots of garbage.)  
-:sigma.SBOn Dec 11, 2007 2:21 PM, Bob Pendleton wrote:

> > \*\*\* Could not run SDL test program, checking why…  
> > \*\*\* The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the  
> > \*\*\* exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed  
> > \*\*\* or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you  
> > \*\*\* may want to edit the sdl-config script: /usr/local/bin/sdl-config  
> > configure: error: \*\*\* SDL version 1.3.0 not found!  
> > Ok, it says that sdl-config is reporting the wrong version of sdl.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Bob_Pendleton)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013/3 "2007-12-13T03:55:26Z")

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> > > \*\*\* Could not run SDL test program, checking why…  
> > > \*\*\* The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the  
> > > \*\*\* exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed  
> > > \*\*\* or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you  
> > > \*\*\* may want to edit the sdl-config script: /usr/local/bin/sdl-config  
> > > configure: error: \*\*\* SDL version 1.3.0 not found!  
> > > Ok, it says that sdl-config is reporting the wrong version of sdl.  
> > > That’s not what it’s saying at all. It’s saying that the SDL test  
> > > program failed to compile or link, and to look at config.log for the  
> > > actual error. (This will involve wading through lots of garbage.)  
> > > -:sigma.SB

Doh!

Yep, you are exactly right. And, after a half hour of trying to find the  
problem in the _wrong_ config.log file I finally found it and I have  
checked in a patch that fixes the problem. There were a couple of new .h  
files that didn’t get listed in Makefile.in.

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Bob PendletonOn Tue, 2007-12-11 at 17:13 -0700, Solra Bizna wrote:

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> On Dec 11, 2007 2:21 PM, Bob Pendleton \<@Bob\_Pendleton\> wrote:

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> 
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> [http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org](http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org)

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**Author:** ![slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@slouken](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/slouken)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013/4 "2007-12-13T05:02:48Z")

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> Yep, you are exactly right. And, after a half hour of trying to find the  
> problem in the _wrong_ config.log file I finally found it and I have  
> checked in a patch that fixes the problem. There were a couple of new .h  
> files that didn’t get listed in Makefile.in.

Thanks Bob! 🙂

See ya,  
-Sam Lantinga, Lead Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Bob\_Pendleton](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Bob_Pendleton)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/weirdness-building-1-3-0/15013/5 "2007-12-13T20:09:12Z")

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> > Yep, you are exactly right. And, after a half hour of trying to find the  
> > problem in the _wrong_ config.log file I finally found it and I have  
> > checked in a patch that fixes the problem. There were a couple of new .h  
> > files that didn’t get listed in Makefile.in.
> 
> Thanks Bob! 🙂

You are welcome!

BTW, could you explain the new text event to me? I’m spending a little  
time on 1.3 right now and I want to get keyboard input working on X11.

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Bob PendletonOn Wed, 2007-12-12 at 21:02 -0800, Sam Lantinga wrote:

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> See ya,  
> -Sam Lantinga, Lead Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment
> 
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> 
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- web: [www.GameProgrammer.com](http://www.GameProgrammer.com) +
- [www.Wise2Food.com](http://www.Wise2Food.com) +
- nutrient info on 7,000+ common foods +  
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