"g.fischer@ah-online.com" wrote:
> François-Xavier Coudert wrote:
> > I just compiled zsh-4.3.2 fine with:
> >
> > CC=cc ./configure --prefix=/tmp/zsh-install --enable-multibyte && make
> > && make install
> >   
> yeah, it worked. just added --enable-multibyte and it ran like a charm.
> much thanks!!

I think this means the following...

Index: MACHINES
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/MACHINES,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 MACHINES
--- MACHINES	2 Mar 2006 14:26:20 -0000	1.2
+++ MACHINES	19 Mar 2006 19:36:52 -0000
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@
 	Should build `out-of-the-box'.
 
 SGI: IRIX 6.5
-	Should build `out-of-the-box'.
-	Use of gcc for compilation is recommended.
+	Should build `out-of-the-box'; however, if using the native
+	compiler, "cc" rather than "c99" is recommended.  Compilation
+	with gcc is also reported to work.  Multibyte is supported,
+	for example:
+           CC=cc ./configure --enable-multibyte
 
 	On 6.5.2, zsh malloc routines are reported not to work; also
 	full optimization (cc -O3 -OPT:Olimit=0) causes problems.

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