SunRPC make fails.

[Petros Tsantoulis]

I tried to compile glibc-2.2.2 on a linux system with kernel 2.4.2
and all appropriate tools (gcc 2.95.3, make 3.79 etc).

The problem I was having is that "make -c sunrpc others" fails
at the point where [...] rpcgen -Y [...] is invoked.

After inserting a perror() function in rpc_main.c I found out that
gcc -print-file-name=cpp (perhaps it should be gcc -print-prog-name?)
prints "cpp" and rpcgen fails saying that "cpp was not found".

The temporary solution I gave was changing the Makefile in
sunrpc/Makefile to say :
rpcgen-cmd = $(built-program-cmd) -Y /usr/local/bin

instead of 

rpcgen-cmd = $(build-program-cmd) -Y `$(CC) -print-file-name=cpp | sed
...etc 

where /usr/local/bin is the location for cpp.

This worked immediately and the library compiled fine.
Perhaps my system is badly configured, but I did not find any mention
of this problem in the FAQ so I posted it to you. 

Sincerely,
  Petros