Compiling CUPS on AIX 5.3 (ppc)

[James Mackay]

Michael,

Thanks very much for your help here, that has got it to successfully compile and install.

Best Regards

James

> On Apr 22, 2010, at 2:37 AM, James Mackay wrote:
> > I have managed to get a lot further with the compilation on AIX =
> (5.3.0.11), but am still hitting problem.
> > - Execute make.
> >=20
> > 	make
> > Target ".NOTPARALLEL" is up to date.
>
> Sorry, do "make all".  I'll move the GNU make pseudo target to the =
> bottom for future releases...
>
> > - Execute make command.
> >=20
> > 	make install
> > ..
> > ..
> > ..
> > Compiling pstops.c...
> > Linking pstops...
> > ld: 0711-224 WARNING: Duplicate symbol: .fres
> > ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more =
> information.
> > ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: ._cupsLangPrintError
> > collect2: ld returned 8 exit status
> > make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
> That sounds like a missing function in the cups/libcups_s.exp file; can =
> you edit that file and add a line reading:
>
>     _cupsLangPrintError
>
> and see if you can get further?
>
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> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
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