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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: ---------------------- |