JC Sorry but no go: I tried on FreeBSD 4.9 and got this error during the .../unix/configure step:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ cd ../unix [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ make distclean .... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ aclocal [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ libtoolize -f -c Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `scripts'. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ autoconf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/unix$ cd ../builds/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ ../unix/configure --prefix=`pwd`/../../install checking for Python configuration... not enabled checking for Tcl headers... not enabled checking for building with threads... no (default) checking for g++... g++ checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking build system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.9 checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsdelf4.9 checking for ranlib... ranlib checking for gcc... gcc checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/libexec/elf/ld checking if the linker (/usr/libexec/elf/ld) is GNU ld... yes checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B checking whether ln -s works... yes loading cache /dev/null within ltconfig ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use `--no-verify' Try `ltconfig --help' for more information. configure: error: libtool configure failed [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ make make: no target to make. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds$ Really, is there a huge reason why you rely on this configure thing? What extra essential functionality is provided by libtool? --JYL > Jacob Levy wrote: > >> Has anyone successfully built Metakit 2.4.9.3 on FreeBSD 4.9? If so, >> can >> you help me with this (probably) pilot error on my part? > > [...] >> /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libmk4.lai >> /home/users/j/jy/jyljyljyl/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds/../../ >> install/lib/libmk4.la >> install: .libs/libmk4.lai: No such file or directory >> *** Error code 71 >> >> Stop in /home/users/j/jy/jyljyljyl/compile/metakit-2.4.9.3/builds. > > Looks like libtool/autoconf madness. > > I suggest: > > make distclean > cd ../unix > aclocal > libtoolize -f -c > autoconf > cd ../builds > ../unix/configure > make > make install > > I'm sorely tempted to throw out everything related to autoconf, > libtool, and even make. Older versions of Metakit used to have the > following build instructions: > gcc -O2 -shared -I../include ../src/*.cpp -o libmk4.so > And I sure miss those times. Things use to be *simple* (does anyone > remember that concept?). > > -jcw > > _____________________________________________ > Metakit mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/metakit _____________________________________________ Metakit mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.equi4.com/mailman/listinfo/metakit
