From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-11-19T14:25:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't Build Ruby 1.8.1 on HP-UX 11.00

Jamis Buck wrote:
>> 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.

Yes, the "gperf not found" seems to be the real logjam at this point.

Should configure check for that??


Hal