Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:57:51 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: British ISPELL build problems
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On Sun, 18 Apr 1999, Daniel Barker wrote:

> Here is what I have changed the relevant line of "pc\local.djgpp" to: 
> 
> #define LANGUAGES "{british,MASTERDICTS=britmed,HASHFILES=britmed.hash}
> {american}"

I thing this is wrong.  I suggest to try this:

#define LANGUAGES "{british,MASTERDICTS=british.med,HASHFILES=britmed.hash}
 {american,MASTERDICTS=american.med,HASHFILES=amermed.hash}

I just tried to build Ispell on Windows 95 with this setting, and it
worked for me.

You need to specify the language completely and not rely on defaults,
like the "{american}" case does, because I'm not sure the build
process will support that.  To avoid problems with file names like
`american.med+' on MS-DOS, I changed the file names generated by
languages/Makefile (see the `pc/cfglang.sed' script for the gory
details), and after all these years I don't remember if omitting the
explicit names for MASTERDICTS and HASHFILES will pick up the tweaked
names.  Better be safe than sorry ;-).

You also need to change MASTERHASH and DEFHASH, as the file
`local.djgpp' explains in the comments.  I suggest to use these:

#define MASTERHASH "britmed.hash"
#define DEFHASH "english.hash"

> Here is the first problem:
> 
> iwhich: sed: command not found
> iwhich: false: command not found
> iwhich: sed: command not found
> iwhich: false: command not found
> 
> ("sed" and "false" are actually installed.)

This is a bug in the build process that I failed to handle.  To work
around it, create an X:\BIN directory (where X: is the drive where you
build Ispell), and copy `sed.exe' and `false' there.  Then it should
work.

> Then, almost immediately, the build fails as follows: 
> 
> make.exe[3]: Entering directory
> `c:/Local/djgpp/gnu/ispell-3.120/languages/british'
> make.exe[3]: *** No rule to make target `britmed'.  Stop.

I believe this is because you used incorrect LANGUAGES definition, see
above.