Failed to build open-vm-tools on Linux From Scratch

[arenekosreal]

I am working with devel branch and trying to compile this tool for LFS on VMware, but ld returns an error at last. It shows that multiple definition of 'GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_TIMESTAMP' and multiple definition of 'GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_UTF8_STRING'. The error message part of full output are listed below:

/usr/bin/ld: .libs/libdndcp_la-copyPasteUIX11.o:/sources/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteUIX11.cpp:105: multiple definition of `GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_UTF8_STRING'; .libs/libdndcp_la-copyPasteCompatX11.o:/sources/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteCompatX11.c:80: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: .libs/libdndcp_la-copyPasteUIX11.o:/sources/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteUIX11.cpp:101: multiple definition of `GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_TIMESTAMP'; .libs/libdndcp_la-copyPasteCompatX11.o:/sources/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools/services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteCompatX11.c:76: first defined here
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

[johnwvmw]

The fix has recently been made in house and will probably appear in the "devel" changes later this week.

In the mean time, you can proceed by removing the following lines from services/plugins/dndcp/copyPasteUIX11.cpp

-#ifndef GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_TIMESTAMP
-GdkAtom GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_TIMESTAMP;
-#endif

-#ifndef GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_UTF8_STRING
-GdkAtom GDK_SELECTION_TYPE_UTF8_STRING;
-#endif

This issue should be updated when the change is committed to the "devel" branch.

[johnwvmw]

The change has been committed to the "devel" branch. Closing this issue.