Re: FVWM: Can't install on solaris

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 10:23:59 +0200

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 10:06:26AM +0200, Reto Buchli wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to use fvwm instead of CDE on a SunBlade with Solaris 5.9
> This worked fine with 5.8, but now when I run
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
>
> I get the following:
>
> .
> .
> .
> checking for sig_atomic_t... yes
> checking for function prototypes... yes
> checking whether setvbuf arguments are reversed... no
> checking for select... yes
> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
> checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes
> checking for sys/select.h... (cached) yes
> checking sys/socket.h usability... no
> checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
> configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled
> configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
> configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
> configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ##
> configure: WARNING: ## Report this to bug-autoconf_at_gnu.org. ##
> configure: WARNING: ## ------------------------------------ ##
> checking for sys/socket.h... yes
> checking argument types of select()... configure: error: can't determine argument types
>
> I'm using autoconf 2.57.
> On the gnu-page they say, this is coming from the application.

Huh? We are using the stock AC_FUNC_SELECT test. If that fails,
is *is* an autoconf bug. Please do report this to the autoconf
developers.

> Does anyone have an idea what I can do to install fvwm on my solaris?

Try a different autoconf version. Or delete the corresponding
section from the configure script and hope it works without a
check.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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