Thanks for the responses on this conundrum. I jumped on the automake and autoconf version suggestion with great hope. I downloaded, compiled and installed the latest versions (1.7.2 and 2.57 respectively). The result was the same errors. Perhaps I should back up to versions 1.3 and 2.13; but I'm skeptical (is our progress really this retrograde?).
Another point that I neglected to mention is that for version 7.3, I am using the Red Hat Professional edition. While for version 8.0, I have the personal edition. I did not mention it before because 1) I felt that it was grasping for straws, 2) I don't see anything in the professional edition that should make a difference and 3) the error message is awfully obtuse for something as basic as a missing library or utility (just a dreamer, I guess). Lloyd's and Richard's experiences cause me to wonder if this is perhaps significant. Matt, thank you for the kind offer of a tarred binary but I really need to be able to roll my own and I'd like to understand what the real requirements are to do the build. -Ned Piburn Richard Gillilan wrote: > > I tried a RH 8.0 compile from CVS a couple days ago and got exactly > the same CVSMake and configure errors. My system (autotools etc.) is > default > RH 8.0 installation. I ended up using precompiled binaries from > previous RH 7.3 and > it seemed to work. > > Richard Gillilan > MacCHESS, Cornell > > On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 05:37 PM, Lloyd A Treinish wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have RH8 on a new system with automake 1.63 and autoconf 2.53. I > > did a > > build recently without any problem using the 4.2 tar ball. > > > > The only change I made was to dx/include/dxconfig.h per the recent > > discussion about the variable HAVE_STRSTREAM_H > > > > > > > > > > > > "Martin S. Tignor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on > > 02/07/2003 > > 03:43:10 PM > > > > Please respond to opendx2-dev@lists.berlios.de > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: opendx2-dev@lists.berlios.de > > cc: > > Subject: Re: [opendx-dev] compiling DX under RedHat 8.0 > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 13:51, Ned Piburn wrote: > >> > >> Where are we with regard to compiling DX under RedHat 8.0? > > > > The only thing I use is redhat 8. > > > > The automake and autoconf I use are not the ones that came with > > the system. > > > > $ automake --version > > automake (GNU automake) 1.3 > > > > > > $ autoconf --version > > Autoconf version 2.13 > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > Ned Piburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on 02/07/2003 > > 01:51:30 PM > > > > Please respond to opendx2-dev@lists.berlios.de > > > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To: opendx2-dev@lists.berlios.de > > cc: > > Subject: [opendx-dev] compiling DX under RedHat 8.0 > > > > > > > > > > Where are we with regard to compiling DX under RedHat 8.0? > > > > I've been using DX with RH 7.3 with no problem, but 8.0 > > is being just plain ugly. Below are my two attempts > > to set the DX construction machinery in motion. I'm > > about ready to cut my losses and load 7.3. Can someone > > suggest something I'm missing? > > > > Thanks, > > Ned Piburn > > > > First I tried configuring from the dx-4_2_0_tar tarball. > > As you can see below, that failed in the navel examination > > phase. > > > > checking for time.h... no > > checking for types.h... no > > checking for unistd.h... no > > checking for values.h... no > > checking for wait.h... no > > O_RDONLY IS NOT defined by default > > checking for windows.h... (cached) no > > checking for unistd.h... (cached) no > > checking for sys/types.h... (cached) no > > checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) no > > could not find working combination of stat function and structure > > falstaff<5> > > ================================================================ > > > > Next I tried the CVS approach. The configure script > > hardly got started when it fell on its bum. > > > > falstaff<70> CVSMake > > WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot' > > WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in' > > WARNING: is deprecated and discouraged. > > > > WARNING: Using the third argument of `AC_DEFINE' and > > WARNING: `AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED' allows to define a template without > > WARNING: `acconfig.h': > > > > WARNING: AC_DEFINE([NEED_MAIN], 1, > > WARNING: [Define if a function `main' is needed.]) > > > > WARNING: More sophisticated templates can also be produced, see the > > WARNING: documentation. > > autoheader: `include/dxconfig.h.in' is unchanged > > falstaff<71> configure > > configure: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `;;' > > configure: line 10: `' ECHO_T=' ' ;;' > > falstaff<72> > >
