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Re: make error...can not create "ar"
From: |
Richard Dunham |
Subject: |
Re: make error...can not create "ar" |
Date: |
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 15:20:53 -0700 |
Thank you...it worked like a champ.
Richard
"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
>
> %% Regarding make error...can not create "ar" ; you wrote:
>
> rd> # make ar
> rd> /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -g ar.c -o ar
>
> You can't make it because ar is a system utility (the library archive
> creator, the thing that creates libXXX.a files). It is not a part of
> GNU make.
>
> rd> make[2]: ar: Command not found
>
> This means that make can't find the ar program, which you must make
> available to build GNU make.
>
> On Solaris, these tools are kept in the strange and unusual
> /usr/ccs/bin, so make sure that directory is in your $PATH variable.
>
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Paul D. Smith <address@hidden> Find some GNU make tips at:
> http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/
> "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist