[Bug-gnu-utils] Build problem for GNU Plotutils

[Gerardo Ballabio]

Hi all,
I just installed GNU Plotutils version 2.4.1 on a mips-sgi-irix6.4
machine. The default installation procedure ("configure", then "make",
then "make install") didn't work. I found the following lines in the
INSTALL.pkg file:

A.1. On Silicon Graphics systems running IRIX 6.x, you may get error
messages about `GP overflow'.  If so, you should do `make distclean' and
start over, this time doing two things differently.  
(1) After running `./configure', modify, by hand, the file `./libtool'.
In that file, change the line "archive_cmds=..." and/or the line
"archive_expsym_cmds=...", which will be located at about line #175, to
include the options `-multigot -shared', rather than just `-shared'.
(2) Do `make CFLAGS="-O -multigot"' instead of just `make'.

I did as suggested, but it wasn't enough: the library did compile and
install, and I successfully compiled some test files using the library
(some of those in the manual, plus a few others); but when I tried to
run the compiled programs, they all said "Bus error" and
aborted. After reading the relevant man page, I added the options
"-G 0 -multigot" instead of just "-multigot": this time, the test
programs ran successfully.
I report this fact to you, because you may find it useful.

Dr. Gerardo Ballabio
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