Re: [wmii] getting started (confused)

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:22:28PM -0700, David Morris wrote:
> I downloaded plan9port from http://swtch.com/plan9port,
> however it does not compile. Looks like I have to join yet
> another mailing list if I want to get that fixed, but on the
> off chance anyone here can help, this is the error I get:
>
> * Resetting /usr/local/plan9/config
> * Running on Linux: checking for NPTL...
> NPTL found.
> * Building everything (be patient)...
> >>> cd /usr/local/plan9/src/cmd; mk all
> 9 yacc -d -s bc bc.y
> fatal error:can't create , <nil>:1
> mk: 9 yacc -d ... : exit status=exit(1)
> mk: for i in ... : exit status=exit(1)

On the off chance anyone is struggling with the same
problem, Russ Cox and I tracked this down to a compiler bug
in gcc. There is now a fix in place in the plan9port CVS
archive.

--David
Received on Tue Mar 04 2008 - 06:44:16 UTC