i tried to compile 21.2.13 on a sun.
after the first problem, of the -Bexport which i removed, it failed like
this:
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Loading site-load... (296)
Finding pointers to doc strings...
Finding pointers to doc strings...done
Dumping under the name xemacs
Purespace usage: 789704 of 789704 (100%).
Testing for Lisp shadows ...
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/users/98/maths/pezz/private/build/xemacs-21.2.13/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/users/98/maths/pezz/private/build/xemacs-21.2.13/src'
Building finder database ...
xemacs exiting.Opening input file: No such file or directory,
/users/98/maths/pezz/private/build/xemacs-21.2.13/lisp/.#finder-inf.el
make: *** [lisp/finder-inf.el] Error 255
yuck.
why?
btw, what is the difference between the 21.0 and the 21.2 series?
for those who are interested, i ran:
./configure \
--gung-ho \
--prefix=$HOME/local \
--debug=no \
--error-checking=none \
--memory-usage-stats=no \
--dynamic=yes \
--with-clash-detection
and got in return:
XEmacs 21.2-b13 "Demeter" configured for `sparc-sun-solaris2.6'.
Where should the build process find the source code?
/users/98/maths/pezz/p
rivate/build/xemacs-21.2.13
What installation prefix should install use?
/users/98/maths/pezz/l
ocal
What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use?
`s/sol2.h' and `m/sparc.h'
What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall
-Wno-
switch
Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes
What window system should XEmacs use? x11
Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/dt/include
/usr/X
11R6/include
Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/dt/lib
/usr/X11R6
/lib
Runtime library search path:
/usr/dt/lib:/usr/X11R6
/lib:/usr/local/lib
Compiling in support for XAUTH.
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG image handling.
Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling.
Compiling in support for JPEG image handling.
Compiling in support for TIFF image handling.
Compiling in native sound support.
Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
Compiling in support for CDE.
Compiling in support for ToolTalk.
Compiling in EXPERIMENTAL support for Drag'n'Drop ( CDE ).
Compiling in support for proper session-management.
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Motif dialog boxes.
Compiling in DLL support.
Clash detection will use "${statedir}/${PROGNAME}/lock" for locking
files.
movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files.
Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits.
Using indexed lrecord implementation.
thanks in advance (as always)
itay
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