On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 11:15:08AM -0400, John Wiggins wrote:
> I am on MacOS and am still running an fvmw2 version  2.6.5  binary I
> compiled back in 2014 on two OSes and older development tools.  Does anyone
> have instructions on how to build fvwm for the latest macOS and XCode tools? 

So take a look to see what the macport does, and/or if there's a brew for it?

> I obtained fvwm-2.6.6.tar distribution from the http://fvwm.org root page.
> 
> My ./configure with the version 2.6.6 aborts.  I added echo to show shell
> variables before the abort.  Do I need to use set CPP to use clang?

No.  This means your environment has changes, such that CFLAGS isn't making
the compiler happy.

> Question 2:  If I find this on my own, is there a platform-specific tips
> page for tips for compiling the distribution.  The fvwmforums.org does not
> seem to be very active.

I don't routinely monitor the forums at all, so unless someone posts a message
here, chances are it'll go unanswered elsewhere.

-- Thomas Adam

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