Ian Lance Taylor-3 wrote: > > RedSonja <Sally.Riedhammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Jonathan Wakely-4 wrote: >>> >>> On 31 May 2011 13:21, RedSonja wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello. I am porting a big C++ project from Windows to Solaris 9 with >>>> Eclipse >>>> and gnu. It can make its own makefile but then it says: >>>> >>>> gcc -f /export/home/MyPath/Debug/makefile -v >>> >>> Maybe you meant "make -f ..." ? >>> >>> GCC is a compiler, it doesn't read makefiles >>> >>> >> >> >> it says: >> >> (Exec error:Cannot run make) >> >> Why would it say that? I typed make at first. Do I have to install it >> separately? > > The "make" program is not part of gcc. You do have to have the make > program installed in order to build gcc or to use a Makefile. If you > don't have a make program, you should install it. I'm sure that Solaris > provides a make program, though perhaps it is not installed by default. > It may be installed in /usr/ccs/bin/make on Solaris, so check that > /usr/ccs/bin is on your PATH. > > Ian > > Ha! That was all it needed! Now it runs. OK, it doesn't like its makefile. I shall start a new thread about that... -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/gcc-will-not-read-its-own-makefile-tp31740323p31740988.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
