>>>>> "Jon" == Jon Milton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jon> Hi, Just like to report the resolution of the problems I've been
Jon> having with compiling Lyx-1.1.6pre2 to Solaris.
Jon> #1 Compile problems in sigc++
Jon> I got the following errors because slot.h was not being
Jon> autogenerated. I believe (although not 100% certain) that this
Jon> was due to an old version of libtool (1.3.4) and the problem went
Jon> away when I moved over to version 1.4
Lars (or anyone else), could you have a look at sigc++/Makefile.am and
tell me why the autogenerated .h files are not in the dist? They
definitely should.
Jon> #2 I was foolishly give ./configure relative pathnames on
Jon> switches like --with-extra-inc or --with-extra-lib etc
Jon> This resulted in forms.h not being found part way through the
Jon> compile.
Jon> Switching over to absolute pathnames resolved the problem.
Jon> I recommend either : i) ./configure convert relative pathnames to
Jon> absolute, or ii) it give warnings that relative pathnames are
Jon> unsuitable, or iii) fallover completely with an errmsg
I'll try to think about it, but checking that a path is absolute is
not very easy in autoconf (I have to accomodate dos-style paths too).
JMarc
