DSSS gives linker errors because of unrelated code in my class invariant

The following code appears in a class invariant for a project I'm compiling using DSSS:

240 foreach(row; _transitionTable)
241 {
242 T[] columnCharacters = [];//row.keys.sort;
243 assert(columnCharacters.length == _alphabet.length);
244 for(int index = 0; index < columnCharacters.length; index++)
245 assert(columnCharacters[index] == _alphabet[index]);
246 }

The linker errors imply that a module I use for exception classes isn't geting linked in. The code above makes no references to those classes, but when I remove it everything compiles fine. It also works fine if I just remove the body of the loop. Go figure.

It works just fine if I put that loop in a protected member function, so in the meantime I'm just running my assert() on that.

My .vimrc file

Here's my .vimrc file (it sets up the vim text editor how I like it). I'm pretty sure the one on my desktop has more stuff, so I'll add that when I can.

:set number " turns on line numbering
:set tabstop=3 " sets the tab width to 3
:set noerrorbells " turns off annoying sounds when you scroll too far
autocmd FileType * setlocal formatoptions-=cro

Installing DSSS on Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04

The following is the procedure I used to install DSSS on Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04

1. Downloaded the latest (and probably last) version from http://svn.dsource.org/projects/dsss/downloads/0.78/dsss-0.78-x86-gnuWlinux.tar.bz2
2. Renamed the extracted folder to dsss
3. Copied it to /opt
4. Changed the owner of /opt/dsss and its contents to root/root
5. Added /opt/dmd/bin to the path in /etc/environment
6. Set the compiler for rebuild:

   rebuild_choosedc dmd-posix

Installing the DMD compiler on Unbuntu Netbook Edition 10.04

Here's the procedure I used to install the Digital Mars D compiler on Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04. I can't imagine that it would be incredibly different for similar distros. For the most part it's a personalized version of the steps found here: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/dmd-linux.html#installation

1. Installed gcc
   
2. Downloaded the latest version for D1 (1.060 at the time of this post) from http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.060.zip
3. Extracted the directory to ~/Downloads/
4. Created directory /opt/dmd with permissions 755 and owner root/root
   
5. Created directory /opt/dmd/bin with permissions 755 and owner root/root
6. Copied /home/mike/Downloads/dmd/linux/bin/dmd.conf to /opt/dmd/bin
7. Copied dmd, dumpobj, obj2asm, and rdmd from /home/mike/Downloads/dmd/linux/bin/ to /opt/dmd/bin
8. Changed the permissions of dmd, dumpobj, obj2asm, and rdmd in /opt/dmd/bin to 555
9. Made sure dmd, dumpobj, obj2asm, and rdmd in /opt/dmd/bin had owner root/root
10. Created directory /opt/dmd/lib with permissions 755 and owner root/root
    
11. Copied /home/mike/Downloads/dmd/linux/lib/libphobos.a to /opt/dmd/lib/
12. Added /opt/dmd/bin to the path in /etc/environment
13. Copied /home/mike/dmd/src to /opt/dmd/src
14. Changed the DFLAGS line in /opt/dmd/bin/dmd.conf to:

    DFLAGS=-I/opt/dmd/src/phobos -L-L/opt/dmd/lib

15. Tested it with a simple hello world program

Some of the steps could be wrong, since I recorded them out of order and logged out once in the process...

So in summary, you just need the key things to check for are

• That the dmd can find a dmd.conf file
• That the dmd.conf file knows where to look for includes and libraries
• That libphobos is accessible as well as its source

Digital Mars had a .deb file, but I haven't played with it.

First Post

So this is where I intend to post my computer-related problems and their solutions online, as well as things that might not be considered problems (installation procedures). It's mostly for my own personal record-keeping, but if someone else runs into a problem that I've posted here, it might be useful.

Or this will be my only post.