Problem compiling groff 1.19 on Solaris 8 with gcc 3.3

[Geert Jacobs]

Dear all,

I have a problem in compiling groff. I am not a programmer and hence I may miss 
the obvious. I hope the solution to my problem is trivial to you. (I have read 
the PROBLEMS page.)

Many thanks,

Geert

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GROFF VERSION:
1.19

MACHINE:
Sun Ultra 10
SunOS barabas 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

OS:
Solaris 8

COMPILER:
% gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --disable-nls --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as
--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3


INPUT FILES:
N/A

COMMAND LINE:
# ./configure CC=gcc CXX=g++

DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking that C++ compiler can compile simple program... no
configure: error: a working C++ compiler is required

SUGGESTED FIX [optional]:
N/A

================================================================================
GROFF VERSION:
1.19

MACHINE:
Sun Ultra 10
SunOS barabas 5.8 Generic_108528-16 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

OS:
Solaris 8

COMPILER:
% gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --disable-nls --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as
--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3


INPUT FILES:
N/A

COMMAND LINE:
# ./configure CC=gcc CXX=gcc

DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking that C++ compiler can compile simple program... yes
checking that C++ static constructors and destructors are called... yes
checking that header files support C++... no
configure: error: header files do not support C++ (if you are using a version of
gcc/g++ earlier than 2.5, you should install libg++)

SUGGESTED FIX [optional]:
N/A

================================================================================

Then I have also tried to comment out also the lines in the configure file as
described in PROBLEMS file section :

* The configure script fails on OS/390 (z/OS) Unix.

No cure.