From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emory Smith Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unable to Build Emacs in latest 10.3 "powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0" Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:35:56 -0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20040202233536.96848.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: Emory Smith NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075768807 22916 80.91.224.253 (3 Feb 2004 00:40:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:40:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 03 01:39:53 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AnobZ-0000wC-00 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2004 01:39:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AnobL-0002xl-8Z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:39:39 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Anoaf-0002to-Hm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:38:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1Anoa2-0002eS-Qu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:38:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.8] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1Anoa2-0002eA-Bq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:38:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [17.250.248.87] (helo=smtpout.mac.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AnoXs-0004AQ-A2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:36:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mac.com (smtpin08-en2 [10.13.10.153]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id i130ZxfU001675; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:35:59 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from [192.168.254.2] (home-dhcp3-179.colorado.edu [198.11.17.179]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin08/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id i130ZwQ2001443; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:35:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20040202233536.96848.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com> Original-To: Dane Fundan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.612) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16595 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16595 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 > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs >