Re: Problems with building epics base on redhat 9.0

[Steve Hunt <hunt@psi.ch>]

Hi Rok,

I had a problem (I think the same) on RH9, It was a perl problem, as a 
workaround I had  to modify the file: configure/tools/mkmf.pl  and 
comment out the lines:

#   while ( length $line > 78 ) {
#      write ;
#   }

which occur twice in the file.

This is a workaround not a fix, the code is ok, so it might be a problem 
with perl on a unpatched redhat install.


Steve


Rok Sabjan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to build EPICS base 3.14.1 on Redhat 9.0 and I have 
> encountered a strange problem. The build stops (not exists, however) 
> at the following step:
>
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/os/Linux/osdTime.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiSigPipeIgnore.h
> Installing os dependent include file 
> ..../../../include/os/Linux/osdSigPipeIgnore.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/osiProcess.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/os/Linux/osiUnistd.h
> Installing os dependent include file 
> ..../../../include/os/Linux/osiWireFormat.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/taskwd.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/epicsTimer.h
> Installing generic include file ../../../include/tsDefs.h
>
> Here the build process just waits (for eternity). I know that people 
> have succeeded in building epics under rh9, but has anyone encountered 
> this problem before?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rok