mutt on HP-UX 10.20

[Mr GUENIER]

Hello,

My configuration : HP9000 D390 with HPUX 10.20

I have installed gcc version 2.95.2. I try to compile mutt version 1.2.5 from source.

I get the following message :  error 1052: Directive name not recognized.

I have searched on web. It seems to be a problem with the "linker" program used with gcc.

Can someone help me resolve this issue ??

Thanks.

Laurent.

[Patrick Wallek]

Did you get all of the dependencies required for MUTT?

According to http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Networking/Mail/mutt-1.5.21/ the build time dependencies for MUTT are:  gettext, libiconv, libidn, make and ncurses.

[Dennis Handly]

>It seems to be a problem with the "linker" program used with gcc.

Which topic mentions "linker"?

The hits I find all mention not finding the foreign devil assembler and needing binutils.

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Languages-and-Scripting/gcc-complains-about-ASM-directives-gt-HP-as-is-being-called/m-p/2706579

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/gcc-compile-error-Error-Compiling-Apache-web-server/m-p/2490885

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/gcc-on-HPUX-10-20/m-p/2418743

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/System-Administration/make-john-1-6-on-hp-ux-11-0/m-p/2432019

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Languages-and-Scripting/Perl-based-Web-Make-Errors-Calling-all-Perl-Gurus/m-p/2535671

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Languages-and-Scripting/gcc-question/m-p/2695774

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/General/Make-error/m-p/2708232

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/System-Administration/Need-gcc-2-95-3-depot-for-11-31-both-IA-amp-PA/m-p/4203448

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/System-Administration/Issue-with-adding-a-module-in-apache-server/m-p/2441334

[Mr GUENIER]

Hello Dennis,

I am not a specialist for compiling process on hpux.

Can I install the package binutils-2.9.1-1-10.20.sd with the version of gcc I have installed gcc-2.95.2-sd-10.20.depot ?

After I will be able to compile mutt ?

Could you help me.

Thanks.

Laurent.

[Dennis Handly]

>Can I install the package binutils-2.9.1-1-10.20.sd?

I would suggest you try.  I don't know if the version numbering is suppose to be consistent between the two?

[Mr GUENIER]

Hello Denis,

I have installed slang and binutils.

I launch this command :    ./configure --prefix=/opt/mutt-1.2.5 --with-slang=/usr

I have attached the config.log.

Could you help me ?

Thanks.

Laurent.

[Dennis Handly]

>I have attached the config.log.

It is useless to look at this file unless you have a particular error in question.

Is your initial assembler error gone?

[Mr GUENIER]

Yes, I have created a link in /usr/ccs/bin for as pointed to /usr/local/bin/as (binutil version).

When I launche "as -v" I got :

GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20), using BFD version 2.9.1

So I think it is ok for assembler issue.

[Dennis Handly]

>I have created a link in /usr/ccs/bin for as pointed to /usr/local/bin/as (binutil version).

Ack!  You should NOT be replacing HP's as(1) by a foreign devil version.  Just change your PATH so the one in /usr/local/bin/ is used.

[Mr GUENIER]

how can I do that because /usr/local/bin is in PATH !!

[Dennis Handly]

>how can I do that because /usr/local/bin is in PATH.

Is it before both /usr/ccs/bin and /usr/bin?

[Mr GUENIER]

echo $PATH

/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin:/opt/nettladm/bin:/opt/pd/bin:/
usr/bin/X11:/usr/contrib/bin/X11:/opt/upgrade/bin:/opt/hparray/bin:/opt/resmon/b
in:/opt/pred/bin:/opt/hpnp//bin:/opt/ignite/bin:/opt/perf/bin:/opt/OV/bin/OpC:/o
pt/perl5/bin:/opt/lynx/bin:/opt/hpnpl//bin:/opt/gcc/bin:/usr/local/bin/:/sbin:/u
sr/local/bin:/opt/openssh/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/var/dlc73e/bin

after.

[Dennis Handly]

>/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/contrib/bin: ...

So before you attempt to build mutt you should manually change PATH to:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

[Mr GUENIER]

When I change PATH with your information and reput the original as program in /usr/ccs/bin, I got this with configure command :

/disk12/mutt-1.2.5#./configure --prefix=/opt/mutt-1.2.5 --with-slang=/usr
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking host system type... hppa2.0-hp-hpux10.20
checking for prefix... /opt/mutt-1.2.5
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot creat
e executables.

[Dennis Handly]

>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

Do you have a config.log for that?

[Mr GUENIER]

yes.

[Dennis Handly]

>configure:1013: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
>as: "/var/tmp/ccUYU7md.s", line 16: error 1052: Directive name not recognized - NSUBSPA

Ok, it looks like you are stuck with a broken gcc that wants to use /usr/ccs/bin/as.  I suppose there may be a gcc option that tells you the path to as(1)?

Otherwise use your kludge put the gas version there.

[Mr GUENIER]

Can I replace the original "as" by the gnu "as" or create a link to it ?? What is the best solution ?

 I think the path of "as" is "hard coded" in my gnu version (/usr/ccs/bin).

[Dennis Handly]

>Can I replace the original "as" by the gnu "as" or create a link to it?

I would suggest you rename the original as(1) and then create a symlink to the Gnu version.  (You will get swverify errors after you do this.)

>I think the path of "as" is "hard coded"

It looks that way, if you have changed PATH properly and it still failed.

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

You could also try gcc-3.4.6 or gcc-4.1.1 from my site that has a lot of (more recent) open-source depots for HP-UX 10.20

Note that gcc-4 was not able to producre a running perl5 on HP-UX