On both checking build system type... hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00 checking host system type... hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00
and on checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6 checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6 The build stops with, ../../tar-1.19/lib/strerror.c: In function 'rpl_strerror': ../../tar-1.19/lib/strerror.c:32: error: 'CHAR_BIT' undeclared (first use in this function) ../../tar-1.19/lib/strerror.c:32: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ../../tar-1.19/lib/strerror.c:32: error: for each function it appears in.) make[3]: *** [strerror.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/accts/hydroc.a/gnu/footar/lib' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/accts/hydroc.a/gnu/footar/lib' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/accts/hydroc.a/gnu/footar' make: *** [all] Error 2 The workaround is to add -DCHAR_BIT=8 to the CPPFLAGS in lib/Makefile.
