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changeset 77601:19cb46e07cc9
David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Add section on Solaris out-of-tree install issues with non-GNU make.
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:16:50 +0000 |
| parents | 317edcdecb49 |
| children | a647e6a2454d |
| files | etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Sat Apr 28 18:06:15 2007 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Sat Apr 28 19:16:50 2007 +0000 @@ -2786,6 +2786,25 @@ Using directory paths with spaces is not supported at this time: you must re-configure without using spaces. +*** On Solaris, use GNU Make when installing an out-of-tree build + +The Emacs configuration process allows you to configure the +build environment so that you can build emacs in a directory +outside of the distribution tree. When installing Emacs from an +out-of-tree build directory on Solaris, you may need to use GNU +make. The make programs bundled with Solaris support the VPATH +macro but use it differently from the way the VPATH macro is +used by GNU make. The differences will cause the "make install" +step to fail, leaving you with an incomplete emacs +installation. GNU make is available in /usr/sfw/bin on Solaris +10 and can be installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake from the Solaris 9 +Software Companion CDROM. + +The problems due to the VPATH processing differences affect only +out of tree builds so, if you are on a Solaris installation +without GNU make, you can install Emacs completely by installing +from a build environment using the original emacs distribution tree. + ** First execution *** Emacs binary is not in executable format, and cannot be run.