Problem compiling ESP Ghostscript on AIX

Tue Nov 28 03:59:28 PST 2006

Adrian Davis wrote:
> I downloaded ESP Ghostscript 8.15.3 from the easysw.com website.
> 
> I'm trying to compile this on AIX 5.2 with the AIX version 5 'C' compiler (I've already installed CUPS from the Easy Software Products CD). When I run configure it fails and gives the following error in the log...
> 
> configure:1397: checking for gcc
> configure:1426: result: no
> configure:1477: checking for cc
> configure:1493: found /usr/sbin/cc
> configure:1503: result: cc
> configure:1667: checking for C compiler version
> configure:1670: cc --version </dev/null >&5
> cc: 1501-216 command option -version is not recognized - passed to ld
>   C for AIX Compiler, Version 5
> 
> â€¦Any ideas what I can do to get this to work?
> 
> Many Thanks,
>    =Adrian=
> 
Obviously the version check for gcc is used as well
for the native compiler. To get around this issue,
you could edit the configure script accordinlgy,
though it may be not trivial.

Helge


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