Problem trying to install a2ps version 4.13b

[Claus Kjaergaard]

Hi,

I am trying to compile the a2ps program on our Sun Solaris:

$ version
Machine hardware:   sun4u
OS version:         5.6
Processor type:     sparc
Hardware:           SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise

The following components are installed on your system:


Sun WorkShop Compiler C 4.2     
Sun WorkShop Compiler C++ 4.2 
Sun WorkShop Tools.h++ 7.0 
Sun WorkShop Tools.h++ 6.0.4 

The problem appears by running the ./configure program. See output at the
end of this mail.

I am not logged in as "root". Instead I am attempting to compile the
software under my own
private account. Is that the reason?

I would appreciate some advice.

Kind regards
Claus Kjaergaard
IT Consultant

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Output from running ./configure:

$ configure > tmp 2>&1
$ cat tmp
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... auxdir/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for mawk... (cached) nawk
checking for gm4... no
checking for gnum4... no
checking for m4... /usr/xpg4/bin/m4
checking whether m4 supports frozen files... no
checking for a BSD compatible install... auxdir/install-sh -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for perl... /usr/local/bin/perl
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... cc
checking whether the C compiler (cc   ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (cc   ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... no
checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking dependency style of cc... none
checking for AIX... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking for cc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for function prototypes... yes
checking for bison... bison -y
checking how to suppress newlines using echo... escape
checking for flex... flex
checking for flex... (cached) flex
checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
checking lex output file root... lex.yy
checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6
checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.6
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for non-GNU ld... /usr/ccs/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p
checking whether we are using GNU C... no
checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking for cc option to produce PIC... -KPIC
checking if cc PIC flag -KPIC works... yes
checking if cc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if cc supports -c -o file.lo... no
checking if cc static flag -Bstatic works... -Bstatic
checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
checking whether the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
yes
checking command to parse /usr/xpg4/bin/nm -p output... failed
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/ccs/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.6 ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... no
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
cmp: unrecognized option `--cache-file./config.cache'
cmp: Try `cmp --help' for more information.
not updating unwritable cache --cache-file./config.cache
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking whether stat file-mode macros are broken... no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for opendir in -ldir... no
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/ioctl.h... (cached) yes
checking for math.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdarg.h... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking for malloc.h... yes
checking for memory.h... (cached) yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking for fcntl.h... (cached) yes
checking for stdbool.h... (cached) yes
checking for fnmatch.h... yes
checking for cc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for inline... no
checking for uchar... no
checking for size_t... yes
checking for pid_t... yes
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for struct passwd.pw_gecos... no
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for unsigned long long... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking whether <inttypes.h> defines strtoumax as a macro... no
checking for strtoumax... no
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking for EMX OS/2 environment... no
checking for executable suffix... no
checking for sys_siglist declaration in signal.h or unistd.h... no
checking for sys_siglist... no
checking for library containing getpwuid... none required
checking for stpcpy... no
checking for stpncpy... no
checking for strtoul... (cached) no
checking for memcpy... (cached) no
checking for memset... (cached) no
checking for gethostname... yes
checking for getuid... (cached) no
checking for strcasecmp... yes
configure: test: argument expected

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