Subject: Re: Re: errors with doing a build on tools
To: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
From: Kamal R Prasad <kamalrpr@in.ibm.com>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 07/18/2003 11:10:58
There is no native autoconf.






On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Kamal R Prasad wrote:

> cc -O -qnolm -D_POSIX_SOURCE  -I. -I./include
> -I/tmp/kamalfs/netbsd/src/tools/co
> mpat -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_NETBSD_SOURCE
> -D__DBINTERFACE_PR
> IVATE -I/tmp/kamalfs/netbsd/src/lib/libc/include -c -o strlcat.lo.o
> /tmp/kamalfs
> /netbsd/src/tools/compat/../../lib/libc/string/strlcat.c
> "/tmp/kamalfs/netbsd/src/tools/compat/compat_defs.h", line 186.28:
> 1506-275 (S)
> Unexpected text u_long encountered.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop.
> nbmake: stopped in /tmp/kamalfs/netbsd/src/tools/compat

>I guess AIX doesn't have "u_long", so we need to test for "u_long".

>It's easy enough to add, 

Fine. Pl give me a patch that I can add to get the build moving ahead.

>but the patch to the regenerated "configure"
>is too long and hairy to post to the list. I don't suppose you have
>"autoconf"?

There is no native autoconf on AIX. But its possible to port gnu autoconf 
onto AIX (and one machine in here -but not the one on which I am doing a 
build, has it).

Thanks for any help.
regards
-kamal

p.s:- Im not subscribed to tech-toolchain.

>Frederick