Re: [Plplot-devel] I can't install HEAD version

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Maurice LeBrun wrote:

> It's these lines that are the problem:
>
> tk_drv: shared/tk$O $(TCLLIB_SO)
> 	...
>
> xwin_drv: shared/xwin$O $(TCLLIB_SO)
> 	...
>
> Apparently the value of TCLLIB_SO is being filled in, incorrectly, in the
> first pass through the file.  Typically we have dependency lists near
> the end of the file, by which time all the variables used are correct.
> So the solution is to either move these later in the file or use a variable
> that is defined further down.
>
> I tested this by changing TCLLIB_SO to TCLLIB_SO_BLAH in both of these lines,
> then added:
>
> TCLLIB_SO_BLAH = $(TCLLIB_SO)
>
> as the last line of the makefile.  Worked great.
>
> I don't know why I'm observing this and no one else is.  I even built & tested
> make-3.79.1 from the tarball, with the same result.

Probably you would need a patched version (from cvs if there is one for
make or perhaps from RedHat?)

>
> So anyway I'll make the change so I can install once again.

Thanks for installing that workaround to the make problem.

Alan