From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:16:50 +0000 (+0000) Subject: David R. Linn X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.990~121 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=89eaca5de1538203480c5386e85e2e166877593d;p=emacs.git David R. Linn Add section on Solaris out-of-tree install issues with non-GNU make. --- diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index cb06ba7231f..722c90018ad 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -2786,6 +2786,25 @@ with spaces in the value, eg --enable-locallisppath='/path/with\ spaces'. Using directory paths with spaces is not supported at this time: you must re-configure without using spaces. +*** On Solaris, use GNU Make when installing an out-of-tree build + +The Emacs configuration process allows you to configure the +build environment so that you can build emacs in a directory +outside of the distribution tree. When installing Emacs from an +out-of-tree build directory on Solaris, you may need to use GNU +make. The make programs bundled with Solaris support the VPATH +macro but use it differently from the way the VPATH macro is +used by GNU make. The differences will cause the "make install" +step to fail, leaving you with an incomplete emacs +installation. GNU make is available in /usr/sfw/bin on Solaris +10 and can be installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake from the Solaris 9 +Software Companion CDROM. + +The problems due to the VPATH processing differences affect only +out of tree builds so, if you are on a Solaris installation +without GNU make, you can install Emacs completely by installing +from a build environment using the original emacs distribution tree. + ** First execution *** Emacs binary is not in executable format, and cannot be run.