ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Ian Hoyle) (01/15/90)
Does anyone have any nice quick hacks to get the "Configure" scripts that come
with much of the software in comp.sources.unix etc working??
/lib/clib isn't in ar format and Configure simply breaks.
I guess I _could_ use nm and then do something with sed on the output,
but it'd surely be messy :-(
ian
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Internet: ianh%merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au@uunet.uu.netlwk@CAEN.ENGIN.UMICH.EDU (Woody Kellum) (01/17/90)
Does anyone have any nice quick hacks to get the "Configure" scripts that come with much of the software in comp.sources.unix etc working?? /lib/clib isn't in ar format and Configure simply breaks. I changed ar command to /com/bind -map . - Woody Kellum lwk@caen.engin.umich.edu
dennis@ (Dennis Cottel) (01/17/90)
ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Ian Hoyle) writes: > Does anyone have any nice quick hacks to get the "Configure" scripts that come > with much of the software in comp.sources.unix etc working?? > /lib/clib isn't in ar format and Configure simply breaks. More recent versions of Configure seem to work fine: Perl 3, for instance. If you can't find a copy of the software distributed with a newer version, maybe you can steal the code from a newer copy of Configure for your older software kit. Dennis Cottel Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA 92152 (619) 553-1645 dennis@nosc.MIL sdcsvax!noscvax!dennis
kcantrel@digi.UUCP (Keith Cantrell) (01/17/90)
If this is a repost, sorry, but it appeared as though our USENET feed failed to accept the first attempt. kgc In article <1383@merlin.bhpmrl.oz> ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Ian Hoyle) writes: >Does anyone have any nice quick hacks to get the "Configure" scripts that come >with much of the software in comp.sources.unix etc working?? > >/lib/clib isn't in ar format and Configure simply breaks. > >I guess I _could_ use nm and then do something with sed on the output, >but it'd surely be messy :-( > > ian A while back (like in a year or two ago) somebody posted a game call 'warp' that modified the Configure script to handle Apollo's. I applied these changes to the Configure that came with 'rn'. Here is all I had to do: *** Configure.org Wed Jul 12 10:14:52 1989 --- Configure Wed Jul 12 10:59:50 1989 *************** *** 260,266 **** else echo " " echo "The archiver doesn't think $libc is a reasonable library." ! exit 1 fi : make some quick guesses about what we are up against --- 260,272 ---- else echo " " echo "The archiver doesn't think $libc is a reasonable library." ! echo "Trying nm instead..." ! if nm -g $libc > libc.list; then ! echo "Done. Maybe this is Unicos, or an Apollo?" ! else ! echo "That didn't work either. Giving up." ! exit 1 ! fi fi : make some quick guesses about what we are up against Hope this helps ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Cantrell Phones: hm: 214-492-1088 Apollo Computer wk: 214-519-2399 @ DSC A Subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard USMAIL: EMAIL: 2100 Sonata Ln cantrell@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US Carrollton TX 75007 or ...!attctc!digi!kcantrel -----------------------------------------------------------------------
bremner@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (David Bremner) (01/18/90)
I have not completely solved this problem; however, I have a few points of data. 1) The Configure script that comes with perl uses nm if neccesary 2) The scripts don't seem to to anything with the output but search the output, so probably no hacking with sed is neccesary 3) The runtime routines seem to be split between /lib/clib and /lib/libc ( Correct me if I'm wrong ), so in order to make these scripts work properly you probably have to add the names from both of these libraries to the appropriate file. ----------- in order of preference. USENET: bremner@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca BITNET: Bremner@UNCA-MULTICS.BITNET