Hi, How the hell this ever got to me??????? Super-User wrote: > > This is the complete output of what I tried to do. I can't find any reference > to anything in the error (at the bottom) except for something on the web which > said to use GNU make (which I am doing here - Sun's make delivers the same error > except the working directory). > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Jim Cooper > > =================================== > > root@c1052828-c [/tmp]: rm -r gnubg > root@c1052828-c [/tmp]: zcat gnubg-000407.tar.gz | tar xf - > root@c1052828-c [/tmp]: cd gnubg > root@c1052828-c [/tmp/gnubg]: ./configure > creating cache ./config.cache > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes > checking for working aclocal... missing > checking for working autoconf... missing > checking for working automake... missing > checking for working autoheader... missing > checking for working makeinfo... missing > checking for mawk... no > checking for gawk... no > checking for nawk... nawk > checking for gcc... gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c > checking whether ln -s works... yes > checking for sqrt in -lm... yes > checking for tgetent in -ltermcap... yes > checking for readline in -lreadline... no > checking for gdbm_open in -lgdbm... no > checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E > checking for ANSI C header files... yes > checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes > checking for alloca.h... yes > checking for fcntl.h... yes > checking for sys/file.h... yes > checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes > checking for limits.h... yes > checking for sys/mman.h... yes > checking for pwd.h... yes > checking for sys/time.h... yes > checking for sys/types.h... yes > checking for unistd.h... yes > checking for sys/wait.h... yes > checking for working const... yes > checking for size_t... yes > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > checking for getpagesize... yes > checking for working mmap... yes > checking for sigaction... yes > checking for sigprocmask... yes > checking for alloca... no > checking for getlogin... yes > checking for getpwuid... yes > checking for gettimeofday... yes > checking for isatty... yes > checking for random... yes > checking for rand_r... yes > checking return type of signal handlers... void > checking for X... libraries /usr/openwin/lib, headers /usr/openwin/include > checking whether -R must be followed by a space... no > checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no > checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no > checking for gethostbyname... no > checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... yes > checking for connect... no > checking for connect in -lsocket... yes > checking for remove... yes > checking for shmat... yes > checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes > updating cache ./config.cache > creating ./config.status > creating Makefile > creating config.h > configuring in lib > running /bin/sh ./configure --cache-file=.././config.cache --srcdir=. > loading cache .././config.cache > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes > checking for working aclocal... missing > checking for working autoconf... missing > checking for working automake... missing > checking for working autoheader... missing > checking for working makeinfo... missing > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c > checking for ranlib... ranlib > checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E > checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes > checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) yes > checking for alloca.h... (cached) yes > checking for limits.h... (cached) yes > checking for syslog.h... yes > checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes > checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes > checking for sys/uio.h... yes > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes > checking for size_t... (cached) yes > checking for vprintf... yes > checking for alloca... (cached) no > checking for getdtablesize... yes > checking for gettimeofday... (cached) yes > checking for select... yes > checking for rand_r... (cached) yes > updating cache .././config.cache > creating ./config.status > creating Makefile > creating config.h > configuring in doc > running /bin/sh ./configure --cache-file=.././config.cache --srcdir=. > loading cache .././config.cache > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./../install-sh -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes > checking for working aclocal... missing > checking for working autoconf... missing > checking for working automake... missing > checking for working autoheader... missing > checking for working makeinfo... missing > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./../install-sh -c > checking for pngtopnm... no > checking for pnmtops... no > creating ./config.status > creating Makefile > configuring in ext > running /bin/sh ./configure --cache-file=.././config.cache --srcdir=. > loading cache .././config.cache > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./../install-sh -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes > checking for working aclocal... missing > checking for working autoconf... missing > checking for working automake... missing > checking for working autoheader... missing > checking for working makeinfo... missing > checking for gcc... (cached) gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no > checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes > checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes > checking for a BSD compatible install... ./../install-sh -c > checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib > checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E > checking for X... (cached) libraries /usr/openwin/lib, headers > /usr/openwin/include > checking whether -R must be followed by a space... no > checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... (cached) no > checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... (cached) no > checking for gethostbyname... (cached) no > checking for gethostbyname in -lnsl... (cached) yes > checking for connect... (cached) no > checking for connect in -lsocket... (cached) yes > checking for remove... (cached) yes > checking for shmat... (cached) yes > checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... (cached) yes > checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes > checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes > creating ./config.status > creating Makefile > creating config.h > root@c1052828-c [/tmp/gnubg]: which make > /usr/local/bin/make > root@c1052828-c [/tmp/gnubg]: /usr/local/bin/make -ver > GNU Make version 3.77, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. > Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 > Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. > There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A > PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > root@c1052828-c [/tmp/gnubg]: make > mksh: Fatal error in reader: = missing from replacement macro reference > Current working directory /tmp/gnubg > root@c1052828-c [/tmp/gnubg]: