Re: [wmii] Installing wmii & 9base on OS X

Make sure to uncomment -static in LDFLAGS definition of
9base/config.mk, because OS X doesn't support static linking by
default (though you can build a static libc using the darwin
source).

--Anselm

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 07:32:28PM -0800, John Magolske wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to get wmii running on OS X 10.3.9, and am trying
> to get past the first step of installing the 9base package. A while
> back I installed wmi on Linux, and was quite happy with it. If anyone
> can pass along info regarding how to install wmii on OS X, I'd be
> most grateful.
>
> After downloading & unpacking 9base-1.tar.gz, "sudo
> make install" got the following response:
>
> 9base build
> options:
> CFLAGS = -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses
> -Wno-switch -Os -c -I. -DPREFIX="/usr/local/9"
> LDFLAGS =
> -static
> (...bunch of lines...)
> AR lib9
> built lib9
> CC yacc.c
> LD
> yacc
> ld: can't locate file for: -lcrt0.o
> make[1]: *** [yacc] Error
> 1
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Googling "can't locate file for:
> -lcrt0.o", brought up references to OS X not supporting the building
> of static binaries. Taking a wild guess, I tried commenting out this
> line in the config.mk file:
> LDFLAGS = -static
>
> This time, "sudo
> make install" got this response:
>
> 9base build options:
> CFLAGS =
> -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -Wno-switch -Os -c -I.
> -DPREFIX="/usr/local/9"
> LDFLAGS =
> CC = cc
> CC fmt/dofmt.c
> CC
> fmt/fltfmt.c
> (...bunch of lines...)
> AR lib9
> built lib9
> CC yacc.c
> LD
> yacc
> ld: archive: ../lib9/lib9.a has no table of contents, add one
> with ranlib(1) (can't load from it)
> make[1]: *** [yacc] Error 1
> make:
> *** [all] Error 2
>
>
> I'm still a newbie, so feeling a bit lost...any
> suggestions or pointers much appreciated!
>
> John
>
>
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