flexfax: Still can't make HylaFAX make

[John Simmons <jss@genesis.net.au>]

Hi Darren and Robert.

Thanks very much for both your responses:

> From: "Mr. Arlington Hewes" <tpcadmin@info.tpc.int>
>
> Try this release:
> 
>    ftp://ftp.hylafax.org/hylafax/source/BETA/hylafax-v4.0pl2-rjc6.tar.gz
> 
> and let me know how you make out.
> 
> -Darren

and ...

> From: robert a schmied <robert.schmied@lmco.com>
>
> ... but i think i had to make gmake before it would work. this was
> no problem. given the choice gmake is far far more reliable than
> make.
> 
> i'd suggest that to you at this point. don't have handy a url
> for gmake but you likely can find it.
> 
> ras


I have tried both these suggestions.  I even tried them together.
ie: I have installed the gnu verion of make (v3.77).  Looks very nice
by the way!  This was probably worth while doing for its own sake.
I have now tried the gnu make on both the original and rjc versions of
HylaFAX.  I have also tried the original Sun version of make on both
versions of HylaFAX.  Always completely removing the entire HylaFAX
distribution and re-installing it from scratch from the gzipped code.
I also always accept all the default settings within configure, with
the one exception of changing the paper size to A4.

Unfortunately I still get the same problem.  It always dies somewhere
in the Dispatcher.c++ section then stuffs up from there on in.  The gnu
version of make seems to try harder to carry on after the original fault
and gives a lot more output but it still fails.

I looked inside the configure script and found a comment about select
causing problems in Dispatcher - so I even tried turning the BUG switch
to always on (ie: changed both cases to yes).  This didn't help either.

Do you folk (or any one else who is reading this) have any more useful
suggestions?  Clearly something is wrong with my machine's setup or
the way I am going about this install, but I can't pick what it is.


> ---- start of output from make --------------------------------------------
> /util -l/usr/local/include -I.././regex -g -O -x c++ -c Dispatcher.c++
> Dispatcher.c++: In method `int Dispatcher::waitFor(class FdMask &, class FdMask
> &, class FdMask &, struct timeval *)':
> Dispatcher.c++:601: assignment to `void (*)()' from `void (*)(int)'
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `Dispatcher.o'
> Current working directory /usr/local/hylafax/hylafax-v4.0pl2/util
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `default'
> Current working directory /usr/local/hylafax/hylafax-v4.0pl2/util
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dirs'
> Current working directory /usr/local/hylafax/hylafax-v4.0pl2
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `default'
> ---- end of output from make ----------------------------------------------
> 
> The make process stops at this point.
> 
> I looked in the config.log file and found the following errors
> (just the first instances):
> 
> ---- start of output from config.log --------------------------------------
> 
> + make -f confMakefile
> make: Fatal error in reader: confMakefile, line 2: Unexpected end of line seen
> + cat dummy.C
> #include "new.h"
> 
> ... and  later ...
> 
> + make -f confMakefile t
> /usr/local/bin/gcc        -D__ANSI_CPP__ -I. -I. -I.  -I././util -I/usr/local/include -I././regex -g -O t.c -limage
> collect2: ld returned 4 exit status
> ld: -limage: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `t'
> 
> ---- end of output from config.log ----------------------------------------
> 
> My setup is:
> 
> Hylafax version:        4.0 pl 2  (tried both with & without gcc-2.8.x.patch)
> SunOS:                  4.1.4
> Sun Hardware:           SPARC 4 IPX
> gcc compiler version:   2.8.1
> libstd++ version:       2.8.1.1
> libg++ version:         2.8.1.1a
> Modem:                  Banksia Wave SP 336 (not yet connected up)
> 
> Originally I tried to install it using gcc version 2.7.3.  I got the
> same errors as above, so I tried upgrading my gcc, listd++ and libg++
> versions in case this helped.  It didn't.
> 
> I copied the libg++ bits into the libstd++ directory before doing the
> configure and make of libstd++ (as per the instructions in the libstd++
> INSTALL file).  I beleive that this should have installed the libg++
> bits too.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  I just can't figure it out.
> 
> Any help would be most appreciated!
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> John Simmons.
> Genesis Networks.
> jss@genesis.net.au