Re: groffer from 1.18.1.3 doesn't compile

[Marcela Maslanova]

Hello,
I had the same problem. I changed in REVISION number from 1 to 1.3. Now 
I have different problem, maybe because I use gcc4.
Marcela Maslanova

Matthew Burgess wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the following when trying to compile groff-1.18.1.3:
>
> make[3]: Entering directory `/sources/groff-1.18.1.3/contrib/groffer'
> rm -f groffer;
> sed -f  \
>             -e "s|@g@||g" \
>         -e "s|@BINDIR@|/usr/bin|g" \
>         -e "s|@libdir@|/usr/lib|g" \
>         -e "s|@VERSION@|1.18.1|g" \
>         -e 1s/a/a/ /sources/groff-1.18.1.3/contrib/groffer/groffer.sh 
>  >groffer;
> sed: couldn't open file -e: No such file or directory
>
> The problem seems to be that $(SH_DEPS_SED_SCRIPT) in Makefile.sub 
> evaluates to nothing (and I can't see how it could evaluate to anything 
> as there are no other instances of that variable, other than in 
> Changelog).  This causes the syntax to sed to be invalid as it's 
> expecting the name of a script file rather than sed expressions.
>
> Given that, is the correct fix for this to simply replace 'sed -f' with 
> 'sed' in the above command?  Or is there something deeper going on here 
> and SH_DEPS_SED_SCRIPT should actually be set by something?
>
> Regards,
>
> Matt.
>
> PS: Please cc me as I'm not subscribed.
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