[Bug 73891] build error trying to build evolution-data-server from .dsc, .diff.gz, and tarball

[Matt Davey]

Public bug reported:

I was trying to rebuild evolution-data-server without optimisation, to
help track down a bug triggered by a gnome-pilot synchronisation with
the calendar conduit.

I am having trouble with the libical part of e-d-s.  It appears that the
calendar/libical/configure script is not getting run.  The build stops
when it goes into calendar/libical and attempts to 'make all', because
there isn't a Makefile there.  I'm not sure where to look for problems.
I seem to have a reasonable development environment (I'd no problem
rebuilding the gnome-pilot .deb packages, for example).  I tried
installing automake1.8 and automake1.9, which I hadn't got installed,
but had the same error.  Any ideas?

For the record, the build steps I've been using are pretty much:
1. get the .dsc, .diff.gz and tarball.
2. run dpkg-src to untar and apply the diff.
3. go into the e-d-s directory, and run 'dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot'

I'm using the current Edgy package, AFAIK, e-d-s-0ubuntu3.

** Affects: evolution-data-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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build error trying to build evolution-data-server from .dsc, .diff.gz, and tarball
https://launchpad.net/bugs/73891