[Aspell-user] Problems building aspell dictionaries

[Ramom Flores d'as Seixas]

Hi:

 I have tried to build several aspell dictionaries, but I couldn't.
After running ./configure (the long and suspect output is included below) I 
run ./make and the result is:
     Makefile:81: *** missing separator.  Stop.

My computer has RedHat 8.0 with aspell-0.33.7.1-16. I have also compiled 
aspell aspell-0.50.3 in my home directory.

In order to build the English dictionaries I have set the LANG and LC_COLLATE 
to C (export LANG=C   export LC_COLLATE=C). 
I have also run ./configure with the vars option:

./configure --vars ASPELL=../aspell-0.50.3/prog/aspell 
WORD_LIST_COMPRESS=../aspell-0.50.3/prog/word-list-compress

But the final result is the same: Makefile:81: *** missing separator.  Stop.    

I have the same problem in another computer with RedHat 7.3. 

Any hint is wellcome,

Ramom


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The suspect output of  ./configure (with our without the --vars option) is:

address@hidden aspell-en-0.51-0]$ ./configure
Finding Dictionary file location ... # conf descrip: main configuration file # 
conf default: aspell.conf # conf current: aspell.conf # conf-dir descrip: 
location of main configuration file # conf-dir default: /etc # conf-dir 
current: /etc # data-dir descrip: location of language data files # data-dir 
default: <prefix:share/aspell> # data-dir current: /usr/share/aspell # 
dict-dir descrip: location of the main word list # dict-dir default: 
<prefix:lib/aspell> # dict-dir current: /usr/lib/aspell # add|rem-extra-dicts 
descrip: extra dictionaries to use # extra-dicts default: # add|rem-filter 
descrip: add or removes a filter # filter default: url # home-dir descrip: 
location for personal files # home-dir default: <$HOME|./> # home-dir 
current: /home/ramom # ignore descrip: ignore words <= n chars # ignore 
default: 1 # ignore current: 1 # ignore-accents descrip: ignore accents when 
checking words # ignore-accents default: false # ignore-accents current: 
false # ignore-case descrip: ignore case when checking words # ignore-case 
default: false # ignore-case current: false # ignore-repl descrip: ignore 
commands to store replacement pairs # ignore-repl default: false # 
ignore-repl current: false # keyboard descrip: keyboard definition to use for 
typo analysis # keyboard default: standard # keyboard current: standard # 
lang descrip: default language to use when all else fails # lang default: 
english # lang current: english # language-tag descrip: language code to use 
when selecting a dictionary # language-tag default: <$LANG|en> # language-tag 
current: C # local-data-dir descrip: location of local language data files # 
local-data-dir default: <prefix:share/aspell> # local-data-dir current: 
/usr/share/aspell # master descrip: base name of the main dictionary to use # 
master default: # master current: english master english # mode descrip: 
filter mode = none,url,email,sgml,tex # mode default: url # mode current: url 
# per-conf descrip: personal configuration file # per-conf default: 
.aspell.conf # per-conf current: .aspell.conf # personal descrip: personal 
word list file name # personal default: .aspell.<lang>.pws # personal 
current: .aspell.english.pws # prefix descrip: prefix directory # prefix 
default: /usr # prefix current: /usr # set-prefix descrip: set the prefix 
based on executable location # set-prefix default: true # set-prefix current: 
true # repl descrip: replacements list file name # repl default: 
.aspell.<lang>.prepl # repl current: .aspell.english.prepl # run-together 
descrip: consider run-together words legal # run-together default: false # 
run-together current: false # run-together-limit descrip: maxium numbers that 
can be strung together # run-together-limit default: 8 # run-together-limit 
current: 8 # run-together-min descrip: minimal length of interior words # 
run-together-min default: 3 # run-together-min current: 3 # save-repl 
descrip: save replacement pairs on save all # save-repl default: true # 
save-repl current: true # strip-accents descrip: strip accents from word 
lists # strip-accents default: false # strip-accents current: false # 
sug-mode descrip: suggestion mode = ultra|fast|normal|bad-spellers # sug-mode 
default: normal # sug-mode current: normal # add|rem-email-quote descrip: 
email quote characters # email-quote default: >,| # email-margin descrip: num 
chars that can appear before the quote char # email-margin default: 10 # 
email-margin current: 10 # add|rem-sgml-check descrip: sgml tags to always 
check. # sgml-check default: alt # add|rem-sgml-extension descrip: sgml file 
extensions # sgml-extension default: html,htm,php,sgml # add|rem-tex-command 
descrip: TeX commands # tex-command default: addtocounter pp,addtolength 
pp,alpha p,arabic p,fnsymbol p,roman p,stepcounter p,setcounter pp,usecounter 
p,value p,newcounter po,refstepcounter p,label p,pageref p,ref p,newcommand 
poOP,renewcommand poOP,newenvironment poOPP,renewenvironment poOPP,newtheorem 
poPo,newfont pp,documentclass op,usepackage op,begin po,end p,setlength 
pp,addtolength pp,settowidth pp,settodepth pp,settoheight pp,enlargethispage 
p,hyphenation p,pagenumbering p,pagestyle p,addvspace p,framebox ooP,hspace 
p,vspace p,makebox ooP,parbox ooopP,raisebox pooP,rule opp,sbox pO,savebox 
pooP,usebox p,include p,includeonly p,input p,addcontentsline 
ppP,addtocontents pP,fontencoding p,fontfamily p,fontseries p,fontshape 
p,fontsize pp,usefont pppp,documentstyle op,cite p,nocite p,psfig 
p,selectlanguage p,includegraphics op,bibitem op,geometry p, # 
tex-check-comments descrip: check TeX comments # tex-check-comments default: 
false # tex-check-comments current: false
Finding Data file location ... # conf descrip: main configuration file # conf 
default: aspell.conf # conf current: aspell.conf # conf-dir descrip: location 
of main configuration file # conf-dir default: /etc # conf-dir current: /etc 
# data-dir descrip: location of language data files # data-dir default: 
<prefix:share/aspell> # data-dir current: /usr/share/aspell # dict-dir 
descrip: location of the main word list # dict-dir default: 
<prefix:lib/aspell> # dict-dir current: /usr/lib/aspell # add|rem-extra-dicts 
descrip: extra dictionaries to use # extra-dicts default: # add|rem-filter 
descrip: add or removes a filter # filter default: url # home-dir descrip: 
location for personal files # home-dir default: <$HOME|./> # home-dir 
current: /home/ramom # ignore descrip: ignore words <= n chars # ignore 
default: 1 # ignore current: 1 # ignore-accents descrip: ignore accents when 
checking words # ignore-accents default: false # ignore-accents current: 
false # ignore-case descrip: ignore case when checking words # ignore-case 
default: false # ignore-case current: false # ignore-repl descrip: ignore 
commands to store replacement pairs # ignore-repl default: false # 
ignore-repl current: false # keyboard descrip: keyboard definition to use for 
typo analysis # keyboard default: standard # keyboard current: standard # 
lang descrip: default language to use when all else fails # lang default: 
english # lang current: english # language-tag descrip: language code to use 
when selecting a dictionary # language-tag default: <$LANG|en> # language-tag 
current: C # local-data-dir descrip: location of local language data files # 
local-data-dir default: <prefix:share/aspell> # local-data-dir current: 
/usr/share/aspell # master descrip: base name of the main dictionary to use # 
master default: # master current: english master english # mode descrip: 
filter mode = none,url,email,sgml,tex # mode default: url # mode current: url 
# per-conf descrip: personal configuration file # per-conf default: 
.aspell.conf # per-conf current: .aspell.conf # personal descrip: personal 
word list file name # personal default: .aspell.<lang>.pws # personal 
current: .aspell.english.pws # prefix descrip: prefix directory # prefix 
default: /usr # prefix current: /usr # set-prefix descrip: set the prefix 
based on executable location # set-prefix default: true # set-prefix current: 
true # repl descrip: replacements list file name # repl default: 
.aspell.<lang>.prepl # repl current: .aspell.english.prepl # run-together 
descrip: consider run-together words legal # run-together default: false # 
run-together current: false # run-together-limit descrip: maxium numbers that 
can be strung together # run-together-limit default: 8 # run-together-limit 
current: 8 # run-together-min descrip: minimal length of interior words # 
run-together-min default: 3 # run-together-min current: 3 # save-repl 
descrip: save replacement pairs on save all # save-repl default: true # 
save-repl current: true # strip-accents descrip: strip accents from word 
lists # strip-accents default: false # strip-accents current: false # 
sug-mode descrip: suggestion mode = ultra|fast|normal|bad-spellers # sug-mode 
default: normal # sug-mode current: normal # add|rem-email-quote descrip: 
email quote characters # email-quote default: >,| # email-margin descrip: num 
chars that can appear before the quote char # email-margin default: 10 # 
email-margin current: 10 # add|rem-sgml-check descrip: sgml tags to always 
check. # sgml-check default: alt # add|rem-sgml-extension descrip: sgml file 
extensions # sgml-extension default: html,htm,php,sgml # add|rem-tex-command 
descrip: TeX commands # tex-command default: addtocounter pp,addtolength 
pp,alpha p,arabic p,fnsymbol p,roman p,stepcounter p,setcounter pp,usecounter 
p,value p,newcounter po,refstepcounter p,label p,pageref p,ref p,newcommand 
poOP,renewcommand poOP,newenvironment poOPP,renewenvironment poOPP,newtheorem 
poPo,newfont pp,documentclass op,usepackage op,begin po,end p,setlength 
pp,addtolength pp,settowidth pp,settodepth pp,settoheight pp,enlargethispage 
p,hyphenation p,pagenumbering p,pagestyle p,addvspace p,framebox ooP,hspace 
p,vspace p,makebox ooP,parbox ooopP,raisebox pooP,rule opp,sbox pO,savebox 
pooP,usebox p,include p,includeonly p,input p,addcontentsline 
ppP,addtocontents pP,fontencoding p,fontfamily p,fontseries p,fontshape 
p,fontsize pp,usefont pppp,documentstyle op,cite p,nocite p,psfig 
p,selectlanguage p,includegraphics op,bibitem op,geometry p, # 
tex-check-comments descrip: check TeX comments # tex-check-comments default: 
false # tex-check-comments current: false