Re: problems installing zsh on x86

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Sweth Chandramouli wrote:

> 	i'm trying to install zsh (3.0.2) on a pc running solaris x86; i'm
> assuming that the solaris 2.x listing in the MACHINES file covers this
> host, meaning someone else has successfully done this... was that my first
> mistake?  regardless, when i run ./configure, i get the following results:
> 
> >loading cache ./config.cache
> >configuring for zsh 3.0.2
> >checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.5.1
> >checking for gcc... no

If you have gcc, this should be OK; make sure you have it in the path.


> >checking for cc... cc

This is /usr/ucb/cc, which is just a placeholder if you haven't installed
SUNWspro. I use the SunSoft's compiler here ( very fast... ) and it 
works w/o any problem:

brutus% ./configure
/tmp/zsh-3.0-pre4
creating cache ./config.cache
configuring for zsh 3.0-pre4
checking host system type... i386-unknown-solaris2.5.1
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... cc
checking whether we are using GNU C... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking for working const... yes
checking whether cross-compiling... no
checking for cc option to accept ANSI C... 
checking for function prototypes... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking if signed to unsigned casting is broken... no
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
.....

(this was just the first zsh kit I found nearby to test ). 

> >checking whether the C compiler (cc  ) works... no
> >configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
> >create executables.
...

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