BUG REPORT: Website META Language 1.6.8 (12-01-1999)

[Steve Sizemore <nospam@thanx>]

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\ \      / / \/  | |      Website META Language
 \ \ /\ / / |\/| | |      Version 1.6.8 (12-01-1999)
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   \_/\_/ |_|  |_|_____|  BUG REPORT
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From:     Steve Sizemore
Reply-To: steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
configure fails under Irix 6.5.2
/bin/sh is ksh, which doesn't work.
Workaround is to use /sbin/bsh, the bourne shell.
The configuration log file is appended to this message.

PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS:
Used WML System:
Built Environment:
    Host: mips-sgi-irix6.5
    Perl: 5.005_51 (/usr/local/bin/perl)
    User: steve@piglet.ucsf.edu
    Date: 18-Jan-1999
Built Location:
    Prefix: /usr/local
    BinDir: /usr/local/bin
    LibDir: /usr/local/lib/wml
    ManDir: /usr/local/man

Used Perl System:
Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 51) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=irix, osvers=6.5, archname=IP32-irix
    uname='irix piglet 6.5 11051733 ip32 '
    hint=previous, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc -n32 -mips3', optimize='-O3', gccversion=
    cppflags='-D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -OPT:Olimit=0:space=on -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/gnu/include -DLANGUAGE_C'
    ccflags ='-D_BSD_TYPES -D_BSD_TIME -woff 1009,1110,1184 -OPT:Olimit=0:space=on -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/gnu/include -DLANGUAGE_C'
    stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib32 -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/gnu/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/gnu/lib /usr/lib32 /lib32 /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lgdbm -ldb -lm -lc
    libc=/usr/lib32/libc.so, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-n32 -shared -L/usr/local/lib32 -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/gnu/lib'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Built under irix
  Compiled at Dec 11 1998 13:22:10
  @INC:
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00551/irix-n32
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00551
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.00551/irix-n32
    /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.00551
    .






Configuring for WML 1.6.8 (12-01-1999)
creating cache ./config.cache
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no

__ CHECK: Build Environment __
checking host system type... mips-sgi-irix6.5
checking for built user... steve@piglet.ucsf.edu
checking for built date... 20-Jan-1999

__ CHECK: Build Utilities __
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... cc
checking whether the C compiler (cc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (cc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... no
checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
ATTENTION! You are not compiling with a GCC compiler variant.
           This might be ok, but perhaps Meta-HTML and other stuff
           could fail to compile. So, try it out, but if it fails
           please retry with GCC.
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/local/bin/install -c

__ CHECK: Perl Language __
checking for Perl language... /usr/local/bin/perl v5.005_51
checking for MakeMaker's private install paths... ok

__ RESULT: Substituting Files __
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating wml_frontend/Makefile
creating wml_backend/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p1_ipp/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p5_divert/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p6_asubst/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p7_htmlfix/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p8_htmlstrip/Makefile
creating wml_backend/p9_slice/Makefile
creating wml_common/Makefile
creating wml_docs/Makefile
creating wml_aux/Makefile
creating wml_aux/txt2html/Makefile
creating wml_aux/map2html/Makefile
creating wml_aux/htmlinfo/Makefile
creating wml_aux/linklint/Makefile
creating wml_aux/weblint/Makefile
creating wml_aux/wwwtable/Makefile
creating wml_misc/Makefile
creating wml_include/Makefile
creating wml_include/sys/boot.src
creating wml_test/Makefile

Configuring for wml_backend/p2_mhc
running /bin/sh ./configure  --cache-file=../.././config.cache --srcdir=.
loading cache ../.././config.cache
checking host system type... mips-sgi-irix6.5
checking for gcc... (cached) cc
checking whether the C compiler (cc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
configure: error: ./configure failed for wml_backend/p2_mhc
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