From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8167 invoked from network); 4 Apr 1997 12:01:49 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 4 Apr 1997 12:01:49 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA14601; Fri, 4 Apr 1997 06:22:32 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 06:21:53 -0500 (EST) >Received: from hotlips.delcam.com by delcam.com; Fri, 4 Apr 97 12:13:08 BST Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 12:04:46 +0100 (BST) From: Chavdar Ivanov X-Sender: ci@hotlips To: Sweth Chandramouli Cc: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: problems installing zsh on x86 In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-ID: <"Ups3W3.0.cX3.GHEHp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/779 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Sweth Chandramouli wrote: > i'm trying to install zsh (3.0.2) on a pc running solaris x86; i'm > assuming that the solaris 2.x listing in the MACHINES file covers this > host, meaning someone else has successfully done this... was that my first > mistake? regardless, when i run ./configure, i get the following results: > > >loading cache ./config.cache > >configuring for zsh 3.0.2 > >checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.5.1 > >checking for gcc... no If you have gcc, this should be OK; make sure you have it in the path. > >checking for cc... cc This is /usr/ucb/cc, which is just a placeholder if you haven't installed SUNWspro. I use the SunSoft's compiler here ( very fast... ) and it works w/o any problem: brutus% ./configure /tmp/zsh-3.0-pre4 creating cache ./config.cache configuring for zsh 3.0-pre4 checking host system type... i386-unknown-solaris2.5.1 checking for gcc... no checking for cc... cc checking whether we are using GNU C... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E checking for working const... yes checking whether cross-compiling... no checking for cc option to accept ANSI C... checking for function prototypes... yes checking size of long... 4 checking if signed to unsigned casting is broken... no checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes ..... (this was just the first zsh kit I found nearby to test ). > >checking whether the C compiler (cc ) works... no > >configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot > >create executables. ... Chavdar Ivanov | Talbot Way, Small Heath Business Park Delcam UK Limited | Birmigham B10 0HJ, United Kingdom Customer Support Dept. | (+44)121-6831014