From: Jamis Buck <jgb3@...>
Date: 2004-11-19T14:22:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't Build Ruby 1.8.1 on HP-UX 11.00

Kevin Hinners wrote:
> Okay, I did a fresh extract and a fresh ./configure. I verified that lex.c
> was correct. Now, when I do a make, I get this error:
> 
> [gdpdev]:ROOT:(1)ruby/ruby-1.8.2> make
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c array.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c bignum.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c class.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c compar.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c dir.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c dln.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c enum.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c error.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c eval.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c file.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c gc.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c hash.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c inits.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c io.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c marshal.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c math.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c numeric.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c object.c
>         gcc -g -O2   -I. -I.  -c pack.c
>         gperf -p -j1 -i 1 -g -o -t -N rb_reserved_word -k1,3,$ keywords >
> lex.c || \
>         cp "./lex.c" .
> sh: gperf:  not found.
> cp: ./lex.c and ./lex.c are identical
> *** Error exit code 1
> 
> At this point, now, lex.c has been truncated to 0 bytes. Running make again,
> produces the previous error I had posted. Has anyone been able to build Ruby
> 1.8.1 or 1.8.2 on HP-UX?

Yes. I had to download and compile the GNU gperf utility, though. Seems 
like there might have been a few other things I had to grab. My approach 
my not have been the most efficient, though. If anyone knows of a better 
way, I'd love to hear it.

- Jamis

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