Re: [Bug-gnubg] Building GNUbg on Solaris 8

[Jim Segrave]

On Thu 10 Oct 2002 (17:20 +0200), address@hidden wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to build the latest snapshot (021009) on Sparc Solaris 8, and
> have lots of trouble. Certainly, it's also due to my limited knowledge of Unix
> programing.
> 
> intl and lib compile fine. In doc I get problems:
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/c/curlbbcb/bin/lib/t/gnubg/doc'
> cd . \
>   && /bin/bash /home/c/curlbbcb/bin/lib/t/gnubg/missing --run makeinfo   \
>        `echo gnubg.texi | sed 's,.*/,,'`
> Making info file `gnubg.info' from `gnubg.texi'.
> gnubg.texi:49: No matching address@hidden ifnottex'.
> gnubg.texi:76: Unmatched address@hidden'.
> gnubg.texi:305: Unknown command `verbatim'.
> gnubg.texi:315: Unmatched address@hidden'.
> gnubg.texi:320: Unknown command `verbatim'.
> gnubg.texi:324: Unmatched address@hidden'.
> gnubg.texi:668: itemize requires an argument: the formatter for @item.
> ./faq.texi:182: itemize requires an argument: the formatter for @item.
> ./faq.texi:204: itemize requires an argument: the formatter for @item.
> ./faq.texi:211: itemize requires an argument: the formatter for @item.
> ./faq.texi:293: Unknown command `option'.
> ./faq.texi:293: Misplaced {.
> ./faq.texi:293: Misplaced }.
> ./faq.texi:293: Unknown command `option'.
> ./faq.texi:293: Misplaced {.
> ./faq.texi:293: Misplaced }.
> 
> .. and so on. I have makeinfo (GNU texinfo 3.12) 1.68.

You could try upgrading. On a non-Linux box, I build with
address@hidden:/home/jes$ makeinfo --version
makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.1

 
> I skipped this problem by editing Makefile and removing doc from SUBDIRS and
> DIST_SUBDIRS. Is this the right way (for me) to do this?
> 
> Finally, compile fails with:
> 
> sound.c: In function `play_audio_file':
> sound.c:543: storage size of `ait' isn't known
> sound.c:582: `I_SETSIG' undeclared (first use in this function)
> sound.c:582: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> sound.c:582: for each function it appears in.)
> sound.c:582: `S_OUTPUT' undeclared (first use in this function)
> make[2]: *** [sound.o] Error 1
> 
> Btw, soundcard.h is (of course?) not present.
> 
> Do you think GNUbg is portable enough to compile on Solaris? Or could you
> make it to do so?

What happens if you run ./configure --without-sound? Does that help?
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Jim Segrave           address@hidden