[vlc-devel] Python bindings (vlcinternal build problem?)

[Etienne Robillard]

Hello,

I'm trying to build the 'vlc' and 'vlcinternal' module to use in Python 2.4.1 
on Linux mandriva 2006.  I'm tracking the trunk branch of vlc (revision 
24361).

So far, after two or three more tea cups, I can pass the compilation and 
installation stages without problems, and the vlc module gets built as
expected. :)

However, to compile properly on this particular i586 architecture, I had
to apply the following patch:

--- mediacontrol_structures.h   2008-01-17 06:50:26.000000000 -0600
+++ mediacontrol_structures.h.mine      2008-01-17 06:50:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 typedef struct {
     int        width;
     int        height;
-    int32_t    type;
+    u_int32_t  type;
     int64_t    date;
     int        size;
     char       *data;

Now if I'm trying to execute the setup-internal.py script in bindings/python:

[root at shahramStb2 python]# python setup-internal.py  build
running build
running build_ext
building 'vlcinternal' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=i586 -mtune=pentiumpro -g -fPIC -I../.. -I./../../include -I. -I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/include/python2.4 -c ./vlc_internal.c -o 
build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/./vlc_internal.o -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D__USE_UNIX98 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -DLOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale" -DDATA_PATH="/usr/share/vlc" -DPLUGIN_PATH="/usr/lib/vlc" -DMODULE_NAME=vlc -DMODULE_NAME_IS_vlc -O2 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -mtune=pentium2 -fomit-frame-pointer
In file included from ./../../include/vlc_common.h:491,
                 from ./../../include/vlc/vlc.h:155,
                 from ./vlc_internal.h:34,
                 from ./vlc_internal.c:24:
./../../include/vlc_modules_macros.h:32:1: warning: "MODULE_NAME" redefined
<command line>:1:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
./vlc_internal.c: In function 'vlcObject_info':
./vlc_internal.c:300: error: 'struct vlc_object_t' has no member 
named 'b_thread'
./vlc_internal.c:302: error: 'struct vlc_object_t' has no member 
named 'thread_id'
./vlc_internal.c:304: error: 'struct vlc_object_t' has no member 
named 'i_refcount'
./vlc_internal.c: In function 'vlcObject_var_list':
./vlc_internal.c:531: error: 'struct vlc_object_t' has no member 
named 'i_vars'
./vlc_internal.c:537: error: 'struct vlc_object_t' has no member 
named 'p_vars'
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Any ideas how to solve this issue?

Regards,
Etienne