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.
Anyway, there is the 32 and 64 bit issues... .
gary
PS: be nice to see [*esp'ly* ubuntu] get with it; maintain the
older stuff. Even if it was back in the Eozoic:)
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