Thank you , Alessandro, for the p-rompt response. I have compiled Courier in Linux no problems ...
The problems I get is on Solaris 10. It looks like dmake makes a good job , but unfortunately ... The LD problem has not been solved yet .... Yet I am trying hard new things all the time . I still can't get it work . On Tuesday 13 June 2006 19:04, Alessandro Vesely wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Please !!! Help ... I am tired of compiling with make , gmake , dmake , > > sun's and gnu LD's ... > > GNU make is a perfectly working, POSIX compliant make. > Version 3.81 compiles and works out of the box even on Windows. > (I've only seen one package, ipf, suggesting not to use it, > perhaps because of older bugs -since it works fine there too.) > > That said, Autoconf/Automake generated stuff should work with > *any* compliant make. Thus it is just a matter of taste. > GNU make supports parallel building, but obviously has no > Sun-specific provisions for clusters. > > For ld, unfortunately there is little standardization. Even > when both linkers have the same capabilities, the options have > different names and possibly different syntax. The last time > I compiled Courier on Solaris, changing the option names has > been enough. Since Sam develops on RedHat, he doesn't have > Sun's ld options at hand, but he did add them to the package > when asked for. I'm not saying that will always be possible: > there may be gcc-specific pragmas that produce objects that > Solaris ld cannot link. OTOH the GNU linker might one day > produce elfs that the Solaris loader cannot load... > > > All is crashing ... > > Yes, of course! What else did you expect from a machine? > > > > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users -- Software Management Consulting Pty Ltd Sincerely N.Khershberg B.MEng (Robotics) ,M.Tech(Web Programming) If you have other questions do not hesitate to contact me on Ph. (03) 95786507 http://www.softwaremanagementconsulting.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
