Re: FVWM: compiling 1.24r on HPUX 10.01

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:48:51 -0400

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Norris <d-norri_at_uiuc.edu> writes:

Dan> I can't do it! I follow the instructions and get this error:
Dan> making all in ./libs...
Dan> make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/fvwm/v1/fvwm-1.24r/libs'
Dan> gcc -O -Aa -Dhpux -DSYSV -D_HPUX_SOURCE -c CatString3.c -o
Dan> CatString3.o
Dan> *Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'
Dan> make[1]: *** [CatString3.o] Error 1
Dan> make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/fvwm/v1/fvwm-1.24r/libs'
Dan> making all in ./fvwm...
Dan> make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/fvwm/v1/fvwm-1.24r/fvwm'
Dan> gcc -O -Aa -Dhpux -DSYSV -D_HPUX_SOURCE -c fvwm.c -o fvwm.o
Dan> *Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'
Dan> make[1]: *** [fvwm.o] Error 1
Dan> make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/fvwm/v1/fvwm-1.24r/fvwm'
Dan> making all in ./modules/GoodStuff...
Dan> make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/fvwm/v1/fvwm-1.24r/modules/GoodStuff'
Dan> ....

Dan> and that same error appears a ton of times before the make
Dan> finally gives an error and fails.

Dan> I even compiled 2.0 with little trouble, but I need to get 1.24
Dan> working. Has anyone done this?

I haven't, but my guess is that the '-Aa' flag is bugging gcc. That
flag is used for the native HP compiler to tell it to be an ansi
compiler. Gcc already is, and must be interpreting that flag
differently. It's probably defined in CDEBUGFLAGS - remove it and try
again.

Chuck

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