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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-02-24 13:49:20 +0100 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-02-24 13:49:20 +0100 |
commit | 1b2056c435c4f891fa6f4386ea30be3860bea20d (patch) | |
tree | 5264d662ca718da0b9b29e3358cd2db3cf66be59 | |
parent | f92a08e171e25ce371ec4ee6eafd2c049f48feb5 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-1b2056c435c4f891fa6f4386ea30be3860bea20d.tar.xz |
* README: Document the OSF/1 4.0d build failure and work-around.
Reported by Bruno Haible.
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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2007-02-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> + * README: Document the OSF/1 4.0d build failure and work-around. + Reported by Bruno Haible. + * NEWS: Use a simple "+" suffix to denote pre-release, not "-dirty". Nicer connotations. * configure.ac: Use 6.7+, not 6.7-dirty. @@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ Here is one possible patch to correct the problem: +#ifndef __LP64__ +************************ +OSF/1 4.0d build failure +------------------------ + +If you use /usr/bin/make on an OSF/1 4.0d system, it will fail due +to the presence of the "[" target. That version of make appears to +treat "[" as some syntax relating to locks. To work around that, +the best solution is to use GNU make. Otherwise, simply remove +all mention of "[$(EXEEXT)" from src/Makefile. + + + ********************** Running tests as root: ---------------------- |