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, >> >> > > >Thread Previous | Thread Next