mkmf on Linux??

[Gary Kline]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:16:46PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 06:20:32PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 03:00:17AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 04:30:32PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> > > > 	I tried my first minor build of an unusual program [that only a
> > > > 	CLI geek like me would use].  But can't find the mkmf that I've
> > > > 	used for years.  I haven't found anything comparable in the
> > > > 	Linux world.  Has anybody else out there gotten our old '93 src
> > > > 	mkmf installed on Linux?
> > > 
> > > Even on FreeBSD mkmf 4.11 needs some patching to compile (as evidenced by the
> > > devel/mkmf port), so I expect same goes for Linux. Maybe the FreeBSD patches
> > > work?
> > > 
> > > Roland
> > 
> > 	We'll see.  I have entirely forgotten howto use
> > 	uuencode/uudecode [!!] -- well, it's been at least 13 years--so 
> > 	carefully transferring things by hand.
> 
> Why not use netcat or rsync? Or copy the files to a USB stick to transfer it?
> Haven't had use for uuencode for at least a decade.
> 
> > 	Anyway, there is the 32 and 64 bit issues... .
> 
> Compiles and runs fine here on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64, except for a warning
> about mktemp.
> 
> > 	gary
> > 
> > 	PS: be nice to see [*esp'ly* ubuntu] get with it; maintain the
> > 	older stuff.  Even if it was back in the Eozoic:)
> 
> A lot of people use the blighted evil twins autoconf and automake. Writing
> plain makefiles seems to be relegated to us greybeards these days. :-) and
> while a tool like mkmf is fine, I stick to my own makefile templates that I've
> developed over the years.
> 


	I finally got uuencode working.  Thanks to a cheatsheet an
	Indiana U.  [[I *just barely remember ``uuencode tarball.tar
	tarball.tar > file.uue'']]  --I mean, come ON, the man page and
	the useage() instructions are so far off, it isn't funny.--

	Porting the rest by-hand.  

	*mumble*


> Roland
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