Subject: Re: Compiling XView for X11R6
To: None <christos@deshaw.com>
From: Donald J. Maddox <dmaddox@rhiannon.scsn.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/10/1995 20:19:54
Hi Christos,

> In article <199507092322.TAA00179@rhiannon> dmaddox@scsn.net writes:
> >I know some of you have successfully compiled this, so hopefully one
> >(or more) of you will be kind enough to point out what my problem is=
=2E
> >
> >When trying to build XView for R6, the Makefile produced by imake
> >fails with the following:
> >
> >"Makefile", line 503: Unassociated shell command "XVCLIENTSYSDEFINES=
=20=3D"
> >"Makefile", line 505: Unassociated shell command "XVCLIENTI18NDEFINE=
S "
> >"Makefile", line 506: Unassociated shell command "XVCLIENTMISCLIB =3D=
"
> >"Makefile", line 507: Unassociated shell command "XVCLIENTINCLUDES =3D=
"
> >"Makefile", line 509: Unassociated shell command "XVCLIENTDEFINES =3D=
=20$("
> >Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> >
> >As far as *I* can tell, there is nothing wrong with these lines, or
> >any of the preceding ones...  I have had this type of problem
> >repeatedly when trying to build large X packages.  Anybody know what=
's
> >wrong here??
> >
>=20
> Edit the Imakefile, and change the tabs that precede the variable nam=
es
> in those lines to spaces.
>=20
> christos
>=20
>=20

Thanks for the help Christos...  Shouldn't imake be fixed so that it do=
es
not create Makefiles that don't make?  Does anyone have a fix for this?


=20                                         Donald J. Maddox,
=20                                         Reply-To: dmaddox@scsn.net