[OctDev] Build problems on solaris 2.8 (octave-forge 2004.07.07)

[Robert R. <re...@ii...>]

Hi

Trying to build the latest octave-forge release
(2004.07.07) on solaris (sparc) 2.8 using gcc 3.4.1
with octave 2.1.57 I ran into a couple of problems.

To get through the build process, I had to do
use the following workarounds. Some of this is
probably due to the exact setup here, some of
them might be more general problems.

- /bin/sh versus /bin/bash
   The octave-forge build seems to assume that /bin/sh
   actually is a bash shell, which it isn't on a std
   solaris box.
   I therefore changed "/bin/sh" to "/bin/bash" in
   the following places:
   - Makeconf (SHELL = ...)
   - all *.sh files in all directories (#!/bin/bash,
     not #!/bin/sh).

- term.h does not compile on solaris if curses.h
   isn't included first.
   For this, I commented out the TERM_H and TERMCAP
   stuff in Makeconf.
   This should probably be handled better by the
   configure process, but I don't know enough about
   that to try to fix it.

- "-R" option in "X_LIBS"
   My configure sets "-R/usr/openwin/lib" in X_LIBS,
   which leads to problems since mkoctfile does not
   accept "-R".
   I therefore removed the "-R" option from X_LIBS in
   Makeconf (might lead to problems later on, but
   at least build should work ...).

- dispatch.cc doesn't compile
   gcc does not compile the last statement in
   main/miscellaneous/dispatch.cc
   ("template std::map<std::string,std::string>;").
   I therefore commented that out.

- installing: install-sh not found due to relative
   path.
   install-sh is set with a relative path ("./install-sh")
   in Makeconf and octinst.sh (INSTALL = ...). This fails
   when INSTALL is executed in subdirs.
   I therefore set this to the full absolute path to
   install-sh in those two definitions.

With this, I can build and install octave-forge.

gmake check fails (segmentation violation while in
main/signal). I don't know yet, what other problems
I still have.

If anybody has experience with building octave and
octave-forge on solaris 2.8 with gcc I'll be thankful
for any hints and better solutions.


Versions:
  - sparc-sun-solaris2.8
  - octave 2.1.57
  - octave-forge 2004.07.07
  - gcc 3.4.1
  - autoconf 2.59
  - automake 1.8b
  - gmake 3.80


Thanks, Robert