RE: errors making tightvnc on Solaris 8

[Shing-Fat F. Ma <fm...@do...>]

> Subject: RE: errors making tightvnc on Solaris 8
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:20:42 -0800
> From: John Busco <JB...@nv...>
> To: vnc...@li...
> I had the same problems as you but waited to respond to see if there were
> any answers. I couldn't figure out how to build TightVNC on Solaris using
> gcc, etc. Unfortunately, no answers!
>
> Since my network has both Solaris and Linux, I ended up building on Linux
> (Red Hat) instead. It worked right out of the chute! And, I like the Gnome
> GUI better than CDE anyway. So, now Linux hosts my VNC, and I can rlogin to
> Solaris.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Zenker [mailto:Gle...@gs...]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:53 AM
> To: vnc...@li...
> Subject: errors making tightvnc on Solaris 8
>
>
> I am having problems making tightvnc on solaris 8.
>
> I have tried to go through all the Makefiles and change cc->gcc, but that
> hasn't worked for me.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
>
> Glenn Zenker
>

I had the same run-around for the longest
time.  If there are enough solaris users, maybe
this could be embedded into the build instructions.
That is, where ever the "make" command appears
in the build instructions, replace it with

    make MAKE=/Gnu/Make/Path/make CC=/Gcc/Path/gcc CCX=/Gcc/Path/gcc Remaining Arguments

That ensures that *everything* uses the right
"make" and gcc.  It's a hopeless battle trying
to change the make files, cuz I guess that even
they are built.

Good luck.

Fred
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