On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 09:26, Andrey Riabushenko <cdome@bk.ru> wrote:
> I am trying to install ocaml with a set of libraries on my FreeBSD 7 machine.
>
> So far I have installed ocaml 3.10.2  from FreeBSD ports and I now trying to
> install bin_prot library manually.
>
> make  fails to build the bin-prot with the following error:
>
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/home/eratosfen/Desktop/ocaml/bin-prot-1.0.5/lib'
> ocamlfind ocamlc -package type-conv -c -pp "camlp4orf " -for-pack Bin_prot -I
> +camlp4 pa_bin_prot.ml
> File "pa_bin_prot.ml", line 77, characters 19-48:
> Unbound value Gen.drop_variance_annotations
> gmake[1]: *** [pa_bin_prot.cmo] Error 2
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> `/usr/home/eratosfen/Desktop/ocaml/bin-prot-1.0.5/lib'
>
>
> What is Gen.drop_variance_annotations? and why it is absent?

This indicates that your type-conv library, on which bin-prot depends,
is not up-to-date.  It is also highly recommended to upgrade to the
newest compiler release.

Cheers,
Markus

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