Re: [gtk-list] build problem - Irix 6.3

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:12:48 +0100, gtk-list@redhat.com (Os) wrote:
> I'm trying to build gtk-1.2.3 under Irix 6.3, and am getting an error:
> 
> Making all in gtk
>         cd . \
>         && perl makeenums.pl arrays gtk.h                              
> gtkaccelgroup.h  (etc.)
>         s-gtbe \
>         && (cmp -s s-gtbe gtktypebuiltins_evals.c || cp s-gtbe
> gtktypebuiltins_evals.c)
> Syntax error in file makeenums.pl at line 5, next 2 tokens "my $flags"
> Syntax error in file makeenums.pl at line 13, next 2 tokens "my $opts "
> Syntax error in file makeenums.pl at line 16, next 2 tokens "*,"
> Search pattern not terminated in file makeenums.pl at line 16, next char
> ^?
> /\s*(\w+)(?:=(\S+))?/: ?+* follows nothing in regexp at makeenums.pl
> line 17.
> *** Error code 255 (bu21)
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> *** Error code 1 (bu21)
> 
> 
> Any suggestions?

On IRIX 6.[234], perl is Perl 4. GTK requires Perl 5, which is installed
as perl5. Try:

  setenv PERL /usr/bin/perl5
  ./configure [options]

If that doesn't work, edit the Makefile by hand. Oh, and use GNU make. SGI
make is known to break on GTK's Makefiles.

<quote src="Alan Cox">
It's amazing how much you miss -good- unix command line tools after you
get used to Linux and the GNU ones.
</quote>


Erik

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