Re: lynx-dev Compilation failure of lynx 2.8.1pre.2 on HPUX

[dickey]

> 
> I have recompiled lynx2.8.1pre6 successfully on 
>  
> HP-UX nobel B.10.20 U 9000/800 258218321 unlimited-user license 
>  
> by including Gnu sed 3.02 in my PATH. With the installed sed, 
> the compile still crashes. 
With a little analysis, we may be able to use the installed sed.
(I'm able to do this on all other Unix platforms)

It's not clear to me if the sed program produces a garbled help_files.sed,
or if the sed program cannot process the commands that are in the
makefile.

To see what I'm talking about, look in the top-level makefile for the
line
        @echo Constructing sed-script
and then
        @echo Appending interim-fix for existing html files
Those two chunks of script are building a new file
        $(helpdir)/help_files.sed

I'd like to see what (if anything) goes into that file.  (It is automatically
removed a few lines further in the makefile, so you may have to remove

        -rm -f $(helpdir)/help_files.sed

>  
> The command: "strings /usr/bin/sed gives": 
> ---cut here--- 
> $Revision: 92453-07 linker linker crt0.o A.10.44 951205 $ 
> /usr/lib/dld.sl 
> ... 
> @(#) $Revision: 78.9 $ 
> @(#) ic12_r10dav_gs libc.a_ID@@/main/r10dav/libc_dav/bvd_dav/1 
> @(#) /ux/libc/libs/libc/archive_pa1/libc.a_ID 
> @(#) May  1 1996 11:43:41 
> ... 
> POSIX 
> ---cut here--- 
>  
> So, my solution for now will be to use Gnu sed for future compiles, 
> until the sed on nobel gets updated. 
>  
> Thanks for your response to my report. 
>  
> Peter Jones 
> ORACLE DBA 
> UQAM/SITEL 


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