Error returned multiple times:

error: '__declspec' attributes are not enabled; use '-fdeclspec' or '-fms-extensions' to enable support for __declspec attributes

Bumping to Xapian 1.4.21 works.

I have been using xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.9.7 for some time without any problems...

Environment: OpenBSD 5.6 (amd64 arch) ruby20 Gem xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1

When I try to run bundle20 install from my RoR app folder I receive: 'Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError':

Installing xapian-full-alaveteli 1.2.21.1 with native extensions.
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
    "/usr/local/bin/ruby20" -rubygems /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/rake-10.4.2/bin/rake RUBYARCHDIR=/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1/lib RUBYLIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1/lib
tar -xJvf xapian-core-1.2.21.tar.xz
tar: unknown option -- J
usage: tar {crtux}[014578befHhjLmNOoPpqsvwXZz]
           [blocking-factor | archive | replstr] [-C directory] [-I file]
           [file ...]
       tar {-crtux} [-014578eHhjLmNOoPpqvwXZz] [-b blocking-factor]
           [-C directory] [-f archive] [-I file] [-s replstr] [file ...]
rake aborted!

The issue is probably due to the fact that OpenBSD doesn't use GNU tar and doesn't support the '-J' flag.

What I did to try to build gem (Full disclosure I don't know that much about Ruby)..

In '/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1':

• Edit 'Rakefile' change ' system! "tar -xJvf #{x}.tar.xz"' to ' system! "tar -xvf #{x}.tar"'
• Edit 'xapian-full.gemspec' remove '.xz' from the archives listed in 's.files' array
• run unxz *.xz
• run export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include
• run export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
• run gem20 build xapian-full.gemspec
• ran what (I think) 'bundle20' would have ran "/usr/local/bin/ruby20" -rubygems /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/rake-10.4.2/bin/rake RUBYARCHDIR=/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1/lib RUBYLIBDIR=/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1/lib

Then I got:

bin/xapian-replicate.o(.text+0x55d): In function `main':
bin/xapian-replicate.cc:176: undefined reference to `ReplicateTcpClient::ReplicateTcpClient(std::basic_string, std::allocator > const&, int, double, double)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
*** Error 1 in . (Makefile:2231 'bin/xapian-replicate')
*** Error 1 in . (Makefile:3334 'all-recursive')
*** Error 1 in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.0/gems/xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1/xapian-core-1.2.21 (Makefile:1503 'all')
rake aborted!

I would like to understand how to build gem 'xapian-full-alaveteli-1.2.21.1' on OpenBSD. Any ideas?
Secondly, I would like to know if the Rakefile could be changed to allow more portable installations?

Hi - I've been attempting to install this on Windows. The problem is that as a standard there isn't a 'tar' equivalent on windows.

I've downloaded a gnu-compatible tar.exe, but it's pretty old and it doesn't support the -J option

Is it possible to alter the install package so that the code is supplied as .tar files (as opposed to .tar.xz) and change the Rakefile accordingly so that it doesn't use the J option?

I do have a method of manuallyconverting .xz to .tar, but any time I run the 'gem install' command the Rakefile is overwritten - so I lose any changes I attempt.

Any help gratefully received!

Thanks - Steve