We might want to create a file in src/ that describes the setup needed
for building under various OSes.

Perry

Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com> writes:
> NetBSD (specifically macppc) can be cross-built on Solaris.  I was
> finally successful on Thursday.
>
> To build, you must use the /usr/xpg4/bin versions of sh and ln.  To
> build on Solaris, I needed the following in the environment before
> invoking build.sh:
>
>          PATH=/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
>                                                    export PATH
>          LD_LIBRARY_PATH=:/usr/local/lib         ; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>          BSHELL=/usr/xpg4/bin/sh                 ; export BSHELL
>          HOST_LN=/usr/xpg4/bin/ln                ; export HOST_LN
>          HOST_SH=$BSHELL                         ; export HOST_SH
>          CONFIG_SHELL=$BSHELL                    ; export CONFIG_SHELL
>          HOST_CC="gcc3 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"   ; export HOST_CC
>          AWK=gawk                                ; export AWK
>
> Note that /usr/local/lib is only required for libz.  Use of libz by the
> host tools should be cleaned up.  Having it exist as a host requirement
> is just asking for trouble.
>
> The use of gsub() in several awk scripts forces the dependency on gawk.


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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com