Re: [coreutils] coredump segmentation fault using coreutils 6.4 sparc solaris using mv or touch

[Jim Meyering]

Howell Hughes wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Thanks for the info. I did the following and am still requiring some support
>
> I downloaded
>
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.7.tar.gz
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.7.tar.gz.sig
>
> gpg --verify coreutils-8.7.tar.gz.sig &&
> I don't have gpg on my node. Do I have to install another package to install 
> this?

It's good practice to check the signature (that's what gpg --verify does),
but probably no big deal in this case.

> Also if I ever run && on my node it just returns a prompt like this

Then you're probably using a C-shell.
Either run a bourne shell (bash or zsh) or as a
last resort, replace each "&&" by ";", as you did --
but note: that changes semantics.

> I don't know if it is relevant for solaris or if it's a linux thing,
> or maybe again I just don't have a certain package installed?
>
>   gzip -dc coreutils-8.7.tar.gz | tar xf - &&
>
>   (cd coreutils-8.7 && ./configure && make && make -k check ) >& log
> I ran ./configure; make; make -k check > log
>
> Nothing was written to the log file but config.log file was written
> and is attached to this email. It seems I don't have everything
> required to create the package, from the config.log "configure:4449:
> error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH".
>
> Can you advise what else is required to in order to run the configure 
> correctly?

As it implies, you need to install a C compiler first.
I suggest you get gcc.