From cc2f2825065c516c86180772ecb778b3ab4d7636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:25:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document problems with AIX's /bin/c89 compiler and with old versions of X-Symbol. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 41d9a4c3ba6..de474570029 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -554,6 +554,12 @@ are compiling with the system's `cc' and CFLAGS containing `-O5'. If so, you have hit a compiler bug. Please make sure to re-configure Emacs so that it isn't compiled with `-O5'. +* Compiling on AIX 4.3.x or 4.4 fails. +This could happen if you use /bin/c89 as youir compiler, instead of +the default `cc'. /bin/c89 treats certain warnings, such as benign +redefinitions of macros, as errors, and fails the build. A solution +is to use the default compiler `cc'. + * The PSGML package uses the obsolete variables `before-change-function' and `after-change-function', which are no longer used by Emacs. These changes to PSGML 1.2.2 fix that. @@ -771,6 +777,14 @@ built-in primitive beginning with Emacs 21.1. We don't have a patch for epop3 that fixes this, but perhaps a newer version of epop3 corrects that. +* ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps. + +This can happen if you use an old version of X-Symbol package: it +defines compatibility functions which trick ps-print into thinking it +runs in XEmacs, and look for the prologue files in a wrong directory. + +The solution is to upgrade X-Symbol to a later version. + * On systems with shared libraries you might encounter run-time errors from the dynamic linker telling you that it is unable to find some shared libraries, for instance those for Xaw3d or image support. -- 2.39.5