[Spread-users] Serious compiling problem on Solaris 10x86

[joker]

--- "Luc I. Suryo" <luc.suryo at cabelas.com> wrote:

> 
> > > I'm trying to build the source, but there are
> errors:
> > > 
> > > # cd spread-src-3.17.3
> > > # ./configure
> > > creating cache ./config.cache
> > > checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.10
> > > checking for gcc... no
> > > checking for cc... cc
> > > checking whether the C compiler (cc  ) works...
> yes
> > > checking whether we are using GNU C... no
> > > 
> > > # make
> > 
> > > cc -g -I. -I.   -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c memory.c
> > > "memory.c", line 136: reference to static
> identifier
> > > "Mem_Bytes_Allocated" in extern inline function
> > > "memory.c", line 140: reference to static
> identifier
> > > "Mem_Obj_Inuse" in extern inline function
> > 
> > I don't know what the official list of supported
> compilers is, but you'll
> > almost certainly have better luck using GCC. 
> Either that, or figure out if
> > there are some options to Sun's cc to make it
> behave more like gcc (and add
> > them to $CFLAGS).
> > 
> 
> there is 2 thing you could do
> 	1. use gcc that come with Sol-10 (/usr/sfw/bin/gcc)
> 	or
> 	2. hack the code and remove inline's
> 
> I do realize that option #2 is a bit nasty but some
> of the 'gcc' based
> coding break when you using strick posix.. btw i
> used Sun's Studio 11
> 
> nb: if you compile with gcc do a 'ldd' to the binary
> to see what
> libraries it depends.. sometime it will need gcc
> libgcc_s and/or
> libstd++ in case you planning to copy/install the
> binaries on a other
> system and therefore you need to be sure you have
> the these libraries
> installed as well..
> 
> 
> hope this might help a bit..
> 
> -ls
> 

I've hacked around a bit and made some changes to the
Makefile, now it works under Sol10x86 with cc. The
problem is in the configuration step, wrong flags and
definitions.
Thanks

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