[oe] bitbake fso-illume-image returns error on gtk+

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Am Montag 26 Juli 2010, 11:56:07 schrieb ranjith kannikara:
> Hi,
> I am a newbie in openembedded. I tried bitbake helloworld and it worked.
> But when i was running "bitbake fso-illume-image" . It returned an error
> that do_compile for gtk+ failed.
> 
> The respective error log entry was
> 
> ../../../../arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld:.libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.ver:2
> : ignoring invalid character `\001' in script
> and
> ../../../../arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld:.libs/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.ver:2
> : syntax error in VERSION script
> 
> I tried googling and even asked in the irc channel #oe but dint get any
> useful information.
> 
> Can any one tell me how to get this error cleared.
> 
> I ran bitbake -crebuild gtk+ also , which ran succesfully at first and when
> again i run bitbate fso-illume-image it gave the same error
> And now when i run bitbake -crebuild gtk+ that too shows the same error.
> 
> Regards,
> Ranjith

There is sth strange in the VERSION file of gtk+.
You have 2 alternatives:
1) use bash
2) clean the VERSION file

Greets
Thomas