Changeset 13956

Timestamp:

Jul 13, 2010, 4:38:36 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

rme

Message:

Use /usr/bin/gm4 on Solaris systems.

I don't know if Sun fixed the bundled GNU m4 in the
2009.06 release, or if we simplified our use of m4
somehow (e.g., by switching back to the standard m4
quoting syntax), but the bundled GNU m4 now seems up to
the task of building the lisp kernel.

Location:

trunk/source/lisp-kernel

Files:

• solarisx64/Makefile (modified) (1 diff)
• solarisx86/Makefile (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/source/lisp-kernel/solarisx64/Makefile

@@ -18 +18 @@
 RM = /bin/rm
 AS = /usr/sfw/bin/gas
-# As of this writing, /usr/sfw/bin/gm4 is both more recent (1.4.2 vs 1.4)
-# and more buggy than /opt/sfw/bin/gm4, which is available on the 
-# "Solaris companion" disk.  Do you get the impression that the people
-# who put this stuff together aren't paying much attention ?
-# Marching forward: as of the OpenSolais 0805 (snv_86) release, there
-# doesn't seem to be any way of obtaining a non-broken GNU m4 from Sun.
-# I just downloaded the source to 1.4.11 and installed it in /usr/local/bin;
-# I didn't try blastwave.org or sunfreeware.com; there might be working
-# packages there
-M4 = /usr/local/bin/m4
+# In earlier OpenSolaris releases, the bundled GNU m4 didn't work to
+# build the lisp kernel.  In the 2009.06 release, /usr/bin/gm4 seems
+# to be adequate, but if m4 gives you any trouble, just download
+# the GNU m4 source from somewhere and use that.
+M4 = /usr/bin/gm4
 CC = /usr/sfw/bin/gcc
 ASFLAGS = --64 --divide

trunk/source/lisp-kernel/solarisx86/Makefile

@@ -18 +18 @@
 RM = /bin/rm
 AS = /usr/sfw/bin/gas
-# As of this writing, /usr/sfw/bin/gm4 is both more recent (1.4.2 vs 1.4)
-# and more buggy than /opt/sfw/bin/gm4, which is available on the 
-# "Solaris companion" disk.  Do you get the impression that the people
-# who put this stuff together aren't paying much attention ?
-# Marching forward: as of the OpenSolais 0805 (snv_86) release, there
-# doesn't seem to be any way of obtaining a non-broken GNU m4 from Sun.
-# I just downloaded the source to 1.4.11 and installed it in /usr/local/bin;
-# I didn't try blastwave.org or sunfreeware.com; there might be working
-# packages there
-M4 = /usr/local/bin/m4
+# In earlier OpenSolaris releases, the bundled GNU m4 didn't work to
+# build the lisp kernel.  In the 2009.06 release, /usr/bin/gm4 seems 
+# to be adequate, but if m4 gives you any trouble, just download
+# the GNU m4 source from somewhere and use that.
+M4 = /usr/bin/gm4
 CC = /usr/sfw/bin/gcc
 ASFLAGS = --32 --divide