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On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:47:35 +0200, Rainer Tammer <tammer@tammer.net> wrote: > Hello, > > it looks as if I have to extend the README.aix to clarify the "make > problem"... I don't think this is a AIX-specific problem. It could happen on all systems that do not have GNU make as default make in their $PATH. A warning could be valid in INSTALL, but I'm afraid it would be read too late for the people that run into this. > 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, -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using 5.00307 through 5.12 and porting perl5.13.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, 11.23, and 11.31, OpenSuSE 10.3, 11.0, and 11.1, AIX 5.2 and 5.3. http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/Thread Previous | Thread Next