Message-ID: <20000804080024.2307.qmail@web1611.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 01:00:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vikas Yadav <amitvikas AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Uh oh. Another newbie. (Sorta...)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Matt Lewandowsky wrote:
> 
> OK. I have chosen a better failing program this
time... (One that actually
> demonstrates my problems.... Why didn't I think of
that?)
> 
> --- BEGIN SNIPPET ---
> sh-2.03$ ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
./install-sh -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for cc... no

This always happens with me.
It never..Never finds "gcc" in DOS/Win.
Then I have to mannualy replace the vars in
"configure"


> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
> sh-2.03$ autoconf
> configure.in:51: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without
default to allow cross
> compi
> ling
> configure.in:55: warning: AC_TRY_RUN called without
default to allow cross
> compi
> ling
> sh-2.03$ ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
d:/djgpp/bin/ginstall -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... found
> checking for working automake... missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a
cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for a BSD compatible install...
d:/djgpp/bin/ginstall -c
> checking for Cygwin environment... no
> Configuring for Unix binary
> checking for initscr in -lncurses... no
> checking for initscr in -lcurses... no
> checking for initscr in -lcur_colr... no
> configure: error: Cannot find any curses-type
library
> sh-2.03$
> --- END SNIPPET ---
> 
> Now, how do I get PDCurses recognised?  And you see
why I've gotten into
> the habit of running autoconf each time I start from
a tarball... ;) And I
> have gotten a few library sources compiled (such as
libpcap). However, they
> are useless till I can get their companion programs
compiled (tcpdump for
> one)... (grr... I hate computers...)
> 
> Once my curses problem is solved, then I might be
able to figger out how to
> link in Watt-32 support. (Perl would be a nice one
to have this support...
> *drool* CPAN *drool*...)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Matt
> 
> P.S. Any clues from anyone on how to clean up those
AC_TRY_RUN errors from
> autoconf? They disturb me... I think I dreamt of
them attacking me last
> night... ;)
> 

I never got success to run the *unmodified* configure
scripts till date in DOS/Win.
I guess Autoconf does not know anything about DOS so
none of these scripts fit
in the file system that DOS uses.
I do not think you are using DOS as the "$" prompt is
visible.

Vikas Yadav

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