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Re: [Groff] Dueling versions of GROFF for Windows


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [Groff] Dueling versions of GROFF for Windows
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:33:14 -0400 (EDT)

> From: "Kees Zeelenberg" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 12:55:54 +0200
> 
> I tried to make Grap-1.10 using Djgpp, but Make got into an endless loop, 
> printing the message:
> configure: test: No files matching: CONFTEST.VAL: integer expression expected

A port to a non-unix platform is more than just a recompile.  Even if
it does compile and link for you, it is generally advisable to browse
through the sources looking for potential problems in code that
assumes a Unix-like OS.  For Groff-related programs, text/binary I/O
and the way child programs are run, ar the usual trouble-makers.

> With Cygwin, everything went fine; since both Djgpp and Cygwin seems to have 
> the same
> Make-version, I am not sure why Djgpp-Make fails. I looked at the line in 
> Makefile.in where
> Make possibly gets into the loop, but couldn't find anything wrong. Does 
> someone have a hint?

My first guess would be shell-related problems.  For the DJGPP case,
you need to have the DJGPP port of Bash installed, and you need to
make sure that the Makefile's say this:

     SHELL = /bin/sh

Also, be sure to install ports of Fileutisl, Textutils, Sed, Grep, and
the rest of the packages that the Makefile's need.

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