Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 1997 18:08:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Phil Galbiati <galbiati AT cse DOT ogi DOT edu>
To:	David McKee <david DOT mckee AT rtp DOT gtegsc DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: djgpp - a2ps 4.8
In-Reply-To:	<3364C887.323B@rtp.gtegsc.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.95.970428174548.16578A-100000@blue.cse.ogi.edu>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, David McKee wrote:
>
> I recently downloaded the a2ps pretty printer utility you suggested on
> the djgpp list on April 17, and was unable to get it to work on my Sun.
> You stated that it works on yours so I wAs wondering, must I use the 
> GNU make to "make" it?  When unzipped it prodeuced some kind of highly
> complex makefile, the likes of which I have not come across before.

I don't know about the version 4.8 distribution, but 4.6.1 contains a
configure script which magically figures out what tools & other resources
are available, builds a make file, updates the instalation dependencies in
config.h, and then builds a2ps for you.  The makefile you found was
probably the skeleton "makefile.in" which configure uses as a baseline. 

It also came with 2 documentation files which explain exactly how to build
and install the program (INSTALL and README).

As I recall, there was an error in one of the two files, with respect to
the command line flags you give to configure.  If you look at the error
messages from configure, and then read thru the configure script for
*similar* but not identical flags, you should be able to figure out what
the flag should be. Of course, they may have fixed the error in the
current release. 

The command line I used was (all on one line):
   ./configure --disable-A4-DFLT --enable-1sided=-s1 --enable-2sided=-s2
               --disable-2-default

If you need any more help, e-mail me directly, but don't post to the
newsgroup & mailing list -- a2ps running on a Sun is not of interest to
most of the DJGPP crowd!

--p

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