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[Martin Borgman]

bash$ ./configure
checking build system type...
config.sub: too many arguments
Try `config.sub --help' for more information.
configure: error: /bin/sh ./support/config.sub
exit (1);
..^
%CC-I-IMPLICITFUNC, In this statement, the identifier "exit" is implicitly declared as a function.
at line number 110 in file DSA0:[SYS0.SYSMGR.temp.config-guess-38473]dummy.c;1 failed
bash$
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Martin Borgman
OpenOffice.org porting group

[Martin Borgman]

The problem here is ## common. The configure script is unable to detect the build system.
This isn't a bash problem but someone should dig into this issue.
The workaround is to add --build=alpha-hp-vms (or build=ia64-hp-vms ) to the ./configure line.
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Martin Borgman
OpenOffice.org porting group

[STPitcher]

That's one solution.

The other is to use a newer CONFIG.GUESS. I forget who contriubted this... wasn't me!

I believe I've attempted to include the new CONFIG.GUESS in, I think the top level directory of the kit I need to get out YESTERDAY!

- stp

[Martin Borgman]

Yes Steve,

config.guess is one of the problems, but some configure scripts use other methods that fail at the moment. One of them is the use of gcc to detect various things about the system. Our gcc wrapper does not support the switches involved.
As for config.guess, it is part of one of the gnu build tools. We should send the team responsible for this tool the changes that are ## for OpenVMS and we should port these tools to OpenVMS. The first step is important for the future. The second step is important for now (there is a command to update your build environment).

Martin.
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Martin Borgman
OpenOffice.org porting group