Re: GTK 1.1.14 compile problems (Irix 6.3)

[Owen Taylor <otaylor gtk org>]

Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl> writes:

> On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:11:18 -0500, gtk-list@redhat.com (David J. Topper) wrote:
> > I just compile Glib1.1.14 with no problem.  But now when I try to
> > compile Gtk1.1.14 I get the following error when trying to make:
> > 
> > (cd .libs && ln -s ../libgdk.la libgdk.la)
> > Making all in gtk
> > make: file `Makefile' line 517: Syntax error
> > *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> > *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> > 
> > What gives?
> 
> You are using SGI make, which does not understand some of the Makefile
> rules generated by the autoconf/automake/libtool combination. Try using
> GNU make. If you don't want to compile GNU make yourself, you can download
> a pre-compiled binary for IRIX 6.3 from my "GCC for IRIX" page:
> http://www-it.et.tudelft.nl/~erik/gcc

If somebody wants to debug what SGI make doesn't understand,
that would be a positive step. The makefiles that "make dist"
makes are supposed to be non-gnu-specific.

                                        Owen