Re: Unable to Build Emacs in latest 10.3 "powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0"

[Emory Smith <emory.smith@mac.com>]

i use fink's emacs.  you wont get the very latest, but i think its well 
worth it for the ease of installation/update.

if you have fink, just type "fink install emacs21" at the prompt.

if you dont have fink, heres what to do:

1. make sure you have apples x11 installed (from apple dev tools)
2. download and install fink binary 
(http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php)
3. in the terminal, type "fink install emacs21"

this will give you emacs 21.2  (note that you can get 21.3 from the 
'unstable' tree, but i dont recommend it, as ive had some problems with 
it on panther).  if you want bells and whistles, browse the packages at 
http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/index.php

if you run into problems, try
http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/bundled/install.php
http://homepage.mac.com/sao1/fink/
(or feel free to email me)

(by the way, emacs 21.4 is expected to be fully os x compatible (ie w/o 
fink) but we must be patient.)

On Feb 2, 2004, at 4:35 PM, Dane Fundan wrote:

> hey this is my first time ever using a newsgroup so
> dont flame the n00b, just lightly roast :)
>
> first, i updated my G5 running 10.3 to the lastest and
> greatest via software update.
> secondly, i updated dev tools with most recent patch.
> i then downloaded the lastest stable (i think) version
> of emacs - version 21.3 (filename emacs-21.3.gar.tz),
> from savahanna's
> i unpacked it into the hardrive and then ran
> configure. it threw this error message: "checking host
> system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0
> configure: error: Emacs hasn't been ported to
> `powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0' systems.
> Check `etc/MACHINES' for recognized configuration
> names."
> i then opened up the machines file, which told me to
> properly configure for Apple PowerPC to edit
> "src/m/macppc.h" and remove an /if 0 and /endif from
> the last block of code. I did that, and after saving
> the file, i reran congifure. I got the same error
> message. I have verifyied that i have done exactly
> what I have laid out here, and nothing else
>
> Any suggestions? I need to get this built and running
> as soon as I can :)
> thanks,
> john
>
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