[XForms] HP-UX - Itanium -- Error during installation

[Donato Lorenzo López]

Hi people,

  I'm using XForms (xforms-1.0.93sp1) on a server wich has:
 
              S.O.: HP-UX B.11.31 U ia64 (a.k.a. HPUX 11i v3 Update8 (March 2011))
              aCC: HP C/aC++ B3910B A.06.25 [Nov 30 2009]

Installing the library, I had to "fix" some things. I'll explain the steps I took. I commented the error lines, but I guess there is a better option! :)

I hope it can serve as some kind of help for you.

Notes: My installation will be:
               - in /usr/local/ folder
               - under 32bit

1.- Configure
       ./configure CC="aCC -Ae +DD32" CFLAGS="-I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -L/usr/local/lib"

2.- I had to modify the Makefile files created by previous step (.../lib/Makefile and .../image/Makefile)
     I had to remove the "--no-undefined" parameter, because it's not recognized by the linker. If I try to launch "make" I'll obtain:
          ld: Unrecognized argument: --no-undefined)

    The change is the same in both Makefiles:
         ## libforms_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -Wl,--no-undefined -version-info 2:0:0
        libforms_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -Wl, -version-info 2:0:0

3.- I "fixed" this error:

      error #2070: incomplete type is not allowed
      obj->spec      = fl_calloc( 1, sizeof *obj->spec );

      The error is in the files:
                                          .../lib/clock.c
                                          .../fd2ps/load.c
                                          .../fdesign/fd_fake.c

     I simply commented this lines... yeahh, I like to make things easier.... :)

4.- I "fixed" another error, in the .../lib/spinner.c file:

"spinner.c", line 164: error #2028: _expression_ must have a constant value

      char buf[ max_len ];

                ^

"spinner.c", line 432: error #2028: _expression_ must have a constant value

      char buf[ max_len ];

                        ^

"spinner.c", line 452: error #2028: _expression_ must have a constant value

      char buf[ max_len ];

 
    Yeahh, you can imagine my great solution:
 
                     [line 164] char buf[ 500 ];
                     [line 432] char buf[ 500 ];
                     [line 452] char buf[ 500 ];

5.- I launch "make"

6.- I launch "make install"

7.- I compile and excute my programs using XForms and, apparently, I got no error because of my "great fixes"...


Well, the point is one of the programs is having an unexpected behaviour, but I'll send another mail about that...

I hope it helps you.

Best regards,

   Donato