Re: [GtkGLExt] compiling gtkglext from source on Solaris 8

[v4r4n <console cowboy gmail com>]

In closing, after installing gmake and using GNU make to build gtkglext everything builds correctly.

 

I believe the line near the bottom of m4macros/Makefile.in that uses the $< and $@ automatic variables is causing problems on Solaris 8's native make binary.

 

Hopefully whoever has commit permissions for the repo sees to this minor defect.
 

On 8/20/07, v4r4n <console cowboy gmail com> wrote:

The latest on this issue...

 

So after downloading a fresh copy of gtkglext from the sourceforge cvs server and updating more packages (libtool, autoconf, automake) on the Solaris machine so that I can generate my own build scripts, as far as I can tell the egrep problems go away, but there is still the same m4macros problem:

 

...

Making all in m4macros

rm -f gtkglext-1.0.m4 && cp  gtkglext-1.0.m4

cp: Insufficient arguments (1)

...

 

I believe there is a broken variable between the 'cp' and the 'gtkglext-1.0.m4'  but I don't know where this is in the build script process or how to find it...  I have a feeling the solution to this should be obvious to an experienced person.
 

On 8/17/07, v4r4n <console cowboy gmail com > wrote:

Forgive me if this is a common question, but I didn't find anything on this after attempting a few searches in the mailing list archive.

 

This system is using glib/gtk packages from http://www.blastwave.org/ (an Open Solaris community site).

 

Today I tried to compile the gtkglext-1.2.0.tar source on an old Solaris 8 machine.

 

After the ./configure and a make, the build process gets pretty far, but around:

 

Making all in X11

...

rm -fr .libs/libgdkglext-x11-1.0.lax

creating libgdkglext-x11-1.0.la

egrep: syntax error

egrep: syntax error

egrep: syntax error

(about twenty more times)

...

Making all in gtk

...

ranlib .libs/libgtkglext-x11-1.0.la

egrep: syntax error

egrep: syntax error

egrep: syntax error

(about twenty more times)

...

Making all in m4macros

rm -f gtkglext-1.0.m4 && cp gtkglext-1.0.m4

cp: Insufficient arguments (1)

Usage: cp

...

*** Error code 2

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 'gtkglext-1.0.m4`

...

*** Error code 1

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 'all-recursive'

...

*** Error code 1

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 'all'

 

So there are at least two egrep syntax errors and a cp error within the script generated by ./configure on Solaris 8.

 

I'm not a autoconf or m4 macro expert, but I would not be surprised if the GNU egrep is different than the egrep Solaris is using, but the website http://www.k-3d.org/gtkglext/Main_Page#Platforms  currently lists UNIX and UNIX-like platforms.

 

Solaris isn't listed, but I hoped it would be close enough... should I look for a GNU egrep package for Solaris?

 

What did people have to do to build it under IRIX and Mac OS X?

 

Ideas/suggestions?

 

PS

 

I've compiled everything on my personal Ubuntu computer and am very impressed with GtkGLExt as a whole.

 

~Thanks