[ntp:questions] Re: VMS/UCX build?

Harlan Stenn stenn at maccarony.ntp.org
Sun Nov 30 07:56:45 UTC 2003


You could try running:

 ./configure dec-dec-openvms

and perhaps bypass the problem with config.sub that way.  If "config.guess"
will run you should really feed the output of that command to configure
instead.

For example, here:

 % config.guess
 sparc-sun-solaris2.9
 %

And try using:

 #define SIZEOF_INT 4

instead of:

 #define SIZEOF_INT = 4

The next trick will be generating the Makefiles.  If you can get configure
to work, it will spit out "config.status",which is another shell script
that, among other things, turns each Makefile.in into a Makefile.

H
--
In article <c_KdnbugAPBvF1SiRVn-hQ at comcast.com>,
Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
>I installed  VMS Posix 2.0 to get a shell that might run configure.
>
>psx> ./configure
>gets an error as follows:  (from config.log)
>
>## ----------- ##
>## Core tests. ##
>## ----------- ##
>
>configure:1386: checking build system type
>configure:1399: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub
>  exit (1);
>..^
>%CC-I-IMPLICITFUNC, In this statement, the identifier "exit" is implicit
>  ly decla
>red as a function.
>at line number 110 in file _ALPHA4$DKA0:[POSIX$CONT.0003E094$BFS]0004002
>  B$BFS.;1 failed
>
>It did not manage to build any makefiles or config.h.  the %CC-I message 
>above is DEC C complaining gently about an undeclared function.
>
>I decided to try something simple.  I compiled ntpdate, got errors, and 
>started building a config.h by hand.  I got to the point where it 
>"bletched" because it could not figure out how to get thirtytwo bit 
>integers.  I tried adding:
>"#define SIZEOF_INT = 4" to my config.h file and found that that didn't 
>help.   I didn't manage to locate anything that did define SIZEOF_INT.
>
>configure also complained, at the terminal, that config.sub was called 
>with too many arguments.  It didn't bother to say how many or what they 
>were.
>
>
>Harlan Stenn wrote:
>
>>Running "configure" will generate the Makefiles from the 
>>Makefile.in files.
>>
>>It will also generate config.h.
>>
>>I suspect you will need to get some sort of "sh", and probably "sed" and
>>a few other tools ported over first.
>>
>>I am happy to help, but I haven't touched VMS for a Long Time, and back
>>when I did use it it was only briefly.
>>
>>I can certainly make needed changes based on your experience, however.
>>
>>And I'd appreciate your documenting your experience at twiki.ntp.org.
>>
>>H
>>  
>>
>





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