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From:
Rainer Tammer
Date:
July 1, 2010 02:47
Subject:
Re: 5.10.1 build fails on AIX 5.3
Message ID:
4C2C6437.30806@tammer.net
 Hello,
it looks as if I have to extend the README.aix to clarify the "make
problem"...


Bye
  Rainer

On 30.06.2010 09:24, Bill Kurland wrote:
> That was it. Thanks.
>
> And thanks to you and Jesse and all the people who put in so much work
> on developing perl and especially to those who take the time to help
> the clueless, like me. I've benefited so much over the years and you
> guys never get the recognition you deserve. Anyway, I've finally
> ponied up some cash and made a donation to TPF.  I'm going to make
> that an annual thing.
>
>
> On 6/29/2010 8:39 PM, Andy Dougherty wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Jun 2010, Bill Kurland wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> I am trying to build 5.10.1  under AIX 5.3. The README.aix says that
>>> this has
>>> been done successfully with gcc 4.2
>>>      
>>   
>>> # ./Configure -d -Dcc=gcc -Duseshrplib -Dprefix=/usr/opt/perl5_32
>>>      
>>   
>>> # gnumake -v
>>> GNU Make 3.80
>>>      
>> [then much later]
>>
>>   
>>> make: Not a recognized flag: w
>>> usage: make [-einqrst] [-k|-S] [-d[A|adg[1|2]mstv]] [-D variable]
>>> [-f makefile
>>> ] [-j [jobs]] [variable=value ...] [target ...]
>>> gnumake[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 2
>>> gnumake[1]: Leaving directory `/mkcd/cd_images/perl-5.10.1/ext/Encode'
>>>      
>> I'm pretty sure the problem is one of mixing different versions of
>> 'make'.
>> Configure expects you to use the system's native 'make' program.  That
>> would be my first recommendation.  If you really want to use GNU make,
>> then tell Configure that with -Dmake=gnumake.
>>
>> Let us know if just using plain 'make' works.  (You'll want to start
>> with
>> a fresh copy of the source to make sure no GNU make-isms have made it
>> in.)
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>>    
>
>
>


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