I can't seem to get tcl 7.5 to build. Here is my configure command:

 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tcl --enable-gcc

I run this with the recommended environment variables:

 CC=gcc
 CPP=gcc -E
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/openwin/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib

Configure seems to run fine (we don't have any problems with the GNU
software). The configure log is included below also.

There seems to be a problem with an include file net/errno.h:

 gcc -c -O  -I./../generic -I. -DNO_STRERROR=1 -DNO_GETWD=1 -DNO_WAIT3=1 -DNO_UNAME=1 -DHAVE_UNISTD_H=1 -DHAVE_SYS_TIME_H=1 -DTM_IN_SYS_TIME=1 -DHAVE_TIMEZONE_VAR=1 -Dmode_t=int -Dpid_t=int -Dsize_t=unsigned -Duid_t=int -Dgid_t=int -DUSE_DIRENT2_H=1 -DNO_UNION_WAIT=1 -DNEED_MATHERR=1 -Dvfork=fork -DNO_GETTOD=1 -DGETTOD_NOT_DECLARED=1 -DHAVE_NET_ERRNO_H=1       -DTCL_SHLIB_EXT=\".so\" ./../generic/regexp.c
 In file included from ../generic/tclPort.h:25,
                  from ./../generic/regexp.c:48:
 ../generic/../unix/tclUnixPort.h:34: net/errno.h: No such file or directory
 make: *** [regexp.o] Error 1

If I fix this specific problem, most of it builds, but I get linker
errors involving sockets libraries.

It seems to me there is something bascially wrong with the configuration
produced by configure. Everyone seems to be reporting no serious problems
building tcl on Sparc/Solaris 2.4, so I am wondering what I am doing
wrong?

Thanks.

-Joe Picone

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This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure: In function `t':
configure:1598: structure has no member named `tm_tzadj'
configure: In function `t':
configure:1622: structure has no member named `tm_gmtoff'
In file included from configure:2258:
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/sys/types.h:163: warning: empty declaration
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/sys/types.h:167: warning: empty declaration
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/sys/types.h:170: warning: empty declaration
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/sys/types.h:174: warning: empty declaration
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/sys/types.h:181: warning: empty declaration
configure: In function `t':
configure:2263: storage size of `x' isn't known
In file included from /usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/floatingpoint.h:33,
                 from /usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/math.h:206,
                 from configure:2295:
/usr/local/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.4/2.7.2/include/stdio.h:25: warning: empty declaration

About the linker problem, I think it is a bug in 'configure' because
I had to add '-lsockets -lnsl' to have it loaded.

Otherwise it runs very well. I also extended it with Tix4.1 and
BLT2.1 and everything worked OK.

Good luck!

Carlos Vidal

[cancelled & reposted, sorry if you see it twice, disregard the last.]

Seeing the recent postings I decided to see if I could replicate my
feat for others and started from scratch ftp'g the source -- but the
first time I tried to compile tk4.1 it worked without any problems.

So apparently someone has fixed something or there has been a harmonic
convergence of sorts since 2 weeks ago. The only change I've made is
setting my LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which is only one of the things that I did
before (and I think it was insufficient by itself prior to now).

So good luck, sorry I'm not helpful, but I thought my story might be of
interest to maintainers. -- cheers, john.

(Althought Tcl still fails the load.test)

[It may not be called "config.cache", but the name is something along
those lines.]

--
John Haxby
These are my opinions, not my employer's.