Re: [Axiom-developer] Compiling Axiom from arch source on Debian sarge

[Frederic Lehobey]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 10:40:17AM +0200, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:

> I am just compiling patch-47 axiom on standard debian sarge.
> 
> My compilation stops in the middle of compiling the documentation and 
> just continues after I have pressed enter.

I wanted to check this and started a compilation on Debian sarge from
the latest arch sources.

Unfortunately, I experience exactly the same failure as Balbir Thomas:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2005-02/msg00168.html

I have found
http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/131AwkBackslashCausesFailureInSrcAlgebraMakefile
But this explanation does not seem to be the correct one in this case.

$ awk --version
GNU Awk 3.1.4
Copyright © 1998, 1991-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

...

Any hint?

Best regards,
Frederic