Re: beginner problem in Solaris

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Jul 19, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Jason Curl wrote:
> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Joao Miguel Ferreira wrote:
> > > I can confirm that the problem should be in the "false cru ..." line
> > > because all the above stuff gets done. On Linux and on HP-UX I  
> > > read the
> > > word "ar" instead of "false" on that line ?!?
> > >
> > > I should also add that the Solaris machine was installed  
> > > yesterday by me
> > > and possibly I forgot to install something ??! :(
> >
> > Make sure that the /usr/ccs/bin directory exists and is in your  
> > shell's search path.  If this directory does not exist or is  
> > empty, then you need to install a Solaris package.
> Well, he's already got GCC, so he should at least have 'gar' and  
> 'gmake' like I have on my Solaris 10 box. I guess AR='gar' ./ 
> configure or similar should also work, or posted in a previous mail  
> he just needed to set the path.

As a side note, it is recommended to use `./configure AR=gar' instead  
because this way `configure' will actually remember that `AR=gar' and  
subsequent invocations of `configure' by `config.status' will  
preserve this argument.

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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