On 31 May 2011 23:40, Tim Prince wrote: > On 05/31/2011 10:19 AM, Jonathan Wakely wrote: >> >> On 31 May 2011 14:47, RedSonja wrote: >>> >>> Ha! That was all it needed! Now it runs. OK, it doesn't like its >>> makefile. I >>> shall start a new thread about that... >> >> If the error is about 'make' not liking the makefile then this is the >> wrong list, because this list is about help with gcc, not help with >> make. >> >> There are different versions of make which have different features and >> slightly different makefile syntax. Try using the different versions >> of make available on Solaris, one of them might support your makefile. > > In the long distant past, when we had Solaris systems at a former employer, > gcc documented a requirement for gnu make (which itself could be built by > Solaris tools including Solaris make). gcc claimed to require only posix > features of make, but not to cater to non posix compliant make. Yes, building GCC needs GNU make: http://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html But it's not clear the makefile in question is a GCC makefile, it has a lower case 'm' and is in a directory called Debug ... I don't think it's anything to do with GCC
