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- From: gram@aim1.aztec.co.za (Graham Wheeler)
- Subject: Re: Building X11R5 under Dell SVR4
- Message-ID: <gram.716308546@aim1>
- Organization: Aztec Information Management
- References: <gram.716204160@aim1>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 14:35:46 GMT
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- gram@aim1.aztec.co.za (Graham Wheeler) writes:
-
- >I am now trying to build X11R5 under Dell SVR4. The only change I made to the
- >site.def file was to uncomment the HasGcc #define. I then tried to build with:
-
- >make CC=gcc -DBOOTSTRAPCFLAGS="-DDELL -Di386SVR4Architecture" World
-
- >This resulted in a `cd config', and then imake was built. Control returned
- >to the `mit' directory, and imake was executed to build a new Makefile. Then
- >the command `make Makefiles' was executed, and this terminates immediately
- >with an error along the lines of:
-
- >make: line 267: separator required (bu31)
-
- Sorry, the -D in front of the BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS was a typo. I have had the
- following responses:
-
- =========================================
- >From: aardvark@nt1l.krl.com (Donald Koch)
- >
- >First off, try:
- >
- >make World BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS="-DSVR4 -DSYSV386"
- >
- >No CC=gcc.
- >No -D in front of BOOTSTRAPCFLAGS.
- >If this also fails, get a few more details (like the area around the bad
- >line in the Makefile). Also, take a look at the release notes in the mit
- >directory.
- >
- >If you have a recent release of X (>=fix-16 and 1.2E), you don't need the -DDELL.
- >Check config/x386.cf.
-
- The -Di386SVR4Architecture was my (somewhat hopeful) interpretation of
- what I found to be obscure docs. The release notes said that I should
- read config/x386.cf, but as I recall it didn't have clear instructions.
- Browsing through the file it looked like the two that I defined would
- take me along the correct path, but perhaps not. I will certainly try
- this.
- ====================================================
- From: Jerry Whelan <guru@stasi.bradley.edu>
-
- > Well, even building it from scratch won't work. The X11r5
- >as distributed doesn't support the ATI chipset. (Well, it might
- >work at 640x480x256, but I doubt it and that is a useless res anyways.)
-
- Yeah, my plan was to do a build, and then attempt to add ATI chipset
- support to X386, if possible.
-
- >What you need is the latest version of XFree86. It is an enhanced
- >version of the X11r5 pl17 server that supports a number of supervga
- >cards and is lots faster to boot. Unfortunately, the latest version
- >is still in beta and probably won't be released until late next week
- >or later. I don't think the group needs any new beta testers either.
- >So, the best thing to do, is to sit tight and wait for the anouncement
- >in comp.windows.x and comp.unix.sysv386.
- >
- >-} make: line 267: separator required (bu31)
- >
- > Means, a tab is missing. Makefiles look like this:
- >
- >program: program.c
- > cc program.c -o program
- >
- > Where the indent _must_ be a tab.
- ==================================================================
- So, end result is:
-
- * I'll try to get XFree86, and save myself the port problem.
-
- * I'll retry the build with the suggested flags, so that the libraries,
- etc, are available. I've trashed X11R4 completely so I might
- as well.
-
- Thanks for the help, guys!
-
- --
- Graham Wheeler | "That which is weak conquers the strong,
- Network Systems Programmer | that which is soft conquers the hard."
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