Can not compile Insite 6.0 on Solaris

Can not compile Insite 6.0 on Solaris

[Spektor, Leonid (MTO)]

We downloaded Insite version 6.0 (and even earlier versions) on our Solaris
development platform.

However, compilation failed in the following modules:

	Making all in plugins
	Making all in rhabout
	make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 59: Unexpected end of
line seen
	Current working directory
/var/spool/pkg/insight-6.0/gdb/gdbtk/plugins/rhabout
	*** Error code 1
	make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive'
	Current working directory
/var/spool/pkg/insight-6.0/gdb/gdbtk/plugins
	*** Error code 1
	make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive'
	Current working directory /var/spool/pkg/insight-6.0/gdb/gdbtk
	*** Error code 1
	make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `subdir_do'
	Current working directory /var/spool/pkg/insight-6.0/gdb
	*** Error code 1
	make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'
	Current working directory /var/spool/pkg/insight-6.0/gdb
	*** Error code 1
	make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-gdb'
	root@mtostuas23 #

Close examination of Makefile  in one of the module revealed usage of
non-standard Makefile features that prevent our make utility to complete its
job:

Directory and file .... /insight-6.0/gdb/gdbtk/plugins/rhabout/Makefile

ifeq ($(TCL_SHLIB_SUFFIX),.dll)
CYGWIN_CFLAGS=-I$(srcdir)/../../../../tcl/win
else
CYGWIN_CFLAGS=
endif

Do we need a special version of make utility to complete compilation process
?

Please, advice.

  Leonid Spektor
  leonid.spektor@mto.gov.on.ca

Re: Can not compile Insite 6.0 on Solaris

[keiths]

Quoting "Spektor, Leonid (MTO)" <Leonid.Spektor@mto.gov.on.ca>:

> ifeq ($(TCL_SHLIB_SUFFIX),.dll)
> CYGWIN_CFLAGS=-I$(srcdir)/../../../../tcl/win
> else
> CYGWIN_CFLAGS=
> endif

Sadly, yes, this is a GNU-ism. You've three choices:

1) Remove the plugins directory (nobody's ever written one anyway)
2) Fix the Makefiles so that it is compatible with Sun's make utility
3) Install and use GNU make to make GNU tools

Ideally, I would like to see you do #2 (and submit the diffs here! :-), but
honestly, the easiest thing is to just get GNU make and use that to build Insight.
You wouldn't have to use it for anything else.

As it is, I tested that code on Linux and Cygwin (and maybe even Solaris). But I
am sure that it never occurred to me to try anything but GNU Make. Alas, I no
longer have access to a Solaris box to try any of this.

Keith