[Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

I'm trying to build Silver Axiom on Gentoo Linux. I downloaded the
source, unpacked it in a directory with no spaces or uppercase in the
path, typed "./configure" and "make" just like the instructions specify.

It starts up OK, but it appears to stop dead making the documentation.
It's been sitting at the state it's in for at least six hours with no
apparent activity in either processor or disk. Here's what the console
looks like:

6 finished /home/spad/axiom/src/clef
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/spad/axiom/src/clef'
42 making /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/Makefile from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/Makefile.pamphlet
41 making /home/spad/axiom/src/doc
make[3]: Entering directory `/home/spad/axiom/src/doc'
1 making /home/spad/axiom/int/doc/axiom.bib from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/axiom.bib.pamphlet
2 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/bin/tex/axiom.sty from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/axiom.sty.pamphlet
3 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/DeveloperNotes.dvi from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/DeveloperNotes.pamphlet
The root module <<*>> was not defined.
4 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/book.dvi from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/book.pamphlet
4 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/bookvol1.dvi from
/home/spad/axiom/src/doc/bookvol1.pamphlet


According to "ls -lt /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc" it finished up
making "book.dvi" at 22:28 last night.

 $ ls -lt /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doctotal 2992
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 Jun 22 22:28 ps
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2651536 Jun 22 22:28 book.dvi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  107068 Jun 22 22:27 DeveloperNotes.dvi
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root    4096 Jun 22 22:27 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 Jun 22 20:13 hypertex
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  266392 Jun 22 20:12 bookvol5.dvi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 Jun 22 20:11 msgs

Do I just need to be patient, or is this broken??










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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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