Re: xchat compilation problems on Sun Sparc

[Peter Zelezny <zed@linux.com>]

On Tue,  9 Apr 2002 19:12:19 -0600
"Richard Paynter" <taren458@wcox.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get xchat compiled on a Sun Solaris 2.8, installed on an Ultra
> 2.
> 
> However, I have run into a snag in the intl directory, where I get the
> following error:
> 
> Making all in intl
> make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 208: Badly formed macro
> assignment Current working directory /usr/share/src/xchat-1.8.8/intl
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive'
> Current working directory /usr/share/src/xchat-1.8.8
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive-am'
> 
> 
> The section of code involved is:
> 
> # The dependency for intlh.inst is different in gettext and all other
> # packages.  Because we cannot you GNU make features we have to solve
> # the problem while rewriting Makefile.in.
> @GT_YES@intlh.inst: intlh.inst.in ../config.status
> @GT_YES@        cd .. \
> @GT_YES@        && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= \
> @GT_YES@          $(SHELL) ./config.status
> @GT_NO@.PHONY: intlh.inst
> @GT_NO@intlh.inst:
> 
> 
> If anyone has any idea as to how to fix this, I would appreciate their
> input.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Taren

Looks like broken GNU gettext Makefiles. You could install gmake and try
that, or ./configure --disable-nls

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Peter Zelezny. <zed@xchat.org>
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