The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 26/09/18 01:29, NotReal wrote:
> > readvmf.c:353:7: error: ‘*fd’ is a pointer; did you mean to use
‘->’?
> >    i = gzgetc(fd);
> >        ^
> >        ->
>
>
> I havent time to check that one through, but that is typical of a compile
> where the wrong or no header file is in play.
>
> The point I am making and I wish I could do more, is that source packages are
> what the distro package is built FROM so they MUST work.
>
> It may be that you have installed so much stuff by hand that its being
> accessed instead of the source package stuff. BTDTGTTS.

I don't take very good notes so starting over will mean reinventing the wheel
in many cases, but if all other avenues end in a dead end, I will do that.   It
wouldn't be the first time down that road and at least it will reinforce what I
learned from the first time through.

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