> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 27 10:14:27 2002
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:14:24 -0500
> From: Rick Troxel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Minor configure bugs, LPRng-3.8.8 on Solaris 7
>
> SunOS flare.cit.nih.gov 5.7 Generic_106541-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
>
> Looking at the typescript of my build, I see a couple of diagnostics
> from the configure script:
>
> 1. ./configure: WITH_LINKER: not found
>
> which stems from
>
> 2581 else
> 2582 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
> 2583 echo "$as_me:2583: result: CFLAGS defaults to $CFLAGS" >&5
> 2584 echo "${ECHO_T}CFLAGS defaults to $CFLAGS" >&6
> 2585 fi; WITH_LINKER
Fixed.
>
> 2. checking whether stripping libraries is possible... ./configure: -s: not found
> no
>
> which stems from here, somehow or other:
>
> 6659 striplib=
> 6660 old_striplib=
> 6661 echo "$as_me:6661: checking whether stripping libraries is possible" >&5
> 6662 echo $ECHO_N "checking whether stripping libraries is possible... $ECHO_C"
>>&6
> 6663 if test -n "$STRIP" && $STRIP -V 2>&1 | grep "GNU strip" >/dev/null; then
> 6664 test -z "$old_striplib" && old_striplib="$STRIP --strip-debug"
> 6665 test -z "$striplib" && striplib="$STRIP --strip-unneeded"
> 6666 echo "$as_me:6666: result: yes" >&5
> 6667 echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
> 6668 else
> 6669 echo "$as_me:6669: result: no" >&5
> 6670 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
> 6671 fi
This was caused by the latest version of configure/libtool using the name
STRIP for a variable. Changed the LPRng stuff to STRIP_OPTION.
>
> These appear to be mere cosmetic defects. Potentially more serious is
>
> 3. checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -KPIC
> checking if gcc PIC flag -KPIC works... yes
>
> followed by 38 appearances of
>
> gcc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
>
> It appears that the check for whether this flag works must be broken.
Please report this to the GNU configure support folks.
>
> And now a question: Given that LPRng compiled successfully, albeit with
> the above complaint, using -KPIC -DPIC flags, do you feel it's necessary
> to reconfigure without -DPIC and recompile? (I don't know what PIC /
> non-PIC objects are, nor whether I use them. Some output format, I
> suppose.)
I recommend you use: ./configure --disable-shared
and see what happends.
>
> Many thanks,
> --
> Rick Troxel [EMAIL PROTECTED] 301/435-2983
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>
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