Re: [Gems-users] problem(s) compiling Ruby under Linux (SuSe 9.3)

["Min Xu (Hsu)" <xu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure. We are using Tao linux here. Maybe your search path is 
different?
The error message says it is the shell's problem.

Can you set SHELL variable in the Makefile?

ayu wrote:

> I've tried running it on tcsh and it produced the same exact errors. Any
> other possible source of error?
>
> ----- Original Message Follows -----
>  
>
> > What shell are you using? Most of us use tcsh, not csh, here.
> >
> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 ayu wrote :
> >    
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >   I'm have some problems compiling Ruby under Linux. It seems like
> > > a simple problem but I'm unable to solve it since I have no
> > > experience compiling programs (EE background). I tried reading
> > > previous threads on compling issues, but it didn't help much. Any
> > > help would be much appreciated. Below is a sample of the errors that
> > > I have seen. 
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > ~/gems/ruby> make  PROTOCOL=MOSI_CMP_token
> > > DESTINATION=MOSI_CMP_token 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > ls: generated/MOSI_CMP_token/*.C: No such file or directory
> > > cat: ../protocols/MOSI_CMP_token.slicc: No such file or directory
> > > Ruby: Building protocol: MOSI_CMP_token
> > > Ruby: Making slicc
> > > cd ../slicc; make
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > make[1]: Entering directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > SLICC: Running flex and bison
> > > make generated/generated
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > make[2]: `generated/generated' is up to date.
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > SLICC: Building slicc executable
> > > make /bin/slicc.exec
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > 'nknown option: `-
> > > Usage: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [ argument ... ].
> > > make[2]: Entering directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > /dev/null -o /obj/parser.o -c generated/parser.c -DYY_NO_UNPUT -Wall
> > > -W -Wwrite-strings -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-unused  -g -ggdb -g3
> > > -O2 -finline-functions -DNO_VECTOR_BOUNDS_CHECKS
> > > -DMULTIFACET_NO_OPT_WARN   -I. -I../common -Igenerated -Isymbols
> > > -Igenerator -Iast make[2]: execvp: /dev/null: Permission denied
> > > make[2]: *** [/obj/parser.o] Error 127
> > > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/troll/gems/slicc'
> > > make: *** [all] Error 2
> > >
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