Re: xmkmf and make
Re: xmkmf and make
> At 5:55 PM -0700 2/2/11, Wayne Holland wrote:
> >In the past one was able to use xmkmf -a on an Imakefile and get a
> >program produced from provided source files and of course the
> >Imakefile on X based systems such as IBM, DEC, or Solaris. Lately,
> >I've found that under Tiger, Leopard, Linux, and Solaris 10, that
> >this no longer works. The error message under Tiger, Leopard, Linux
> >and Solaris is that the make program stops (Makefile) on
> >MSimpleProgramTarget(program) as unexpected of file. Stop.
> >
> >All of these oses have the necessary template and def files
> >installed. I've seen references to use gmake and not use make.
> >Unfortunately, Linux and OS X use it and is version 3.81.
> >
> >Am I missing something, or is the system not set up correctly to do this?
> >Or is it that the UNIX community overall ignoring xmkmf and imake as
> >a building tool?
Philip J. Schneider wrote:
> Hi -
>
> Jeremy's comments regarding xmkmf and imake are quite correct, and
> the best thing to do would be to update your build system...
>
> Probably he and others would not approve of this advice (and with
> good reason!), but if you're really in a pinch, you can obtain xmkmf
> and imake from fink. I believe xmkmf used to also be available from
> DarwinPorts, but no longer.
you can also get xmkmf from macports.
cheers,
raf
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