Re: GnuPG-1.0.7 build errors?

[Scott Francis <darkuncle@darkuncle.net>]

On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:24:46PM -0500, jolan@enteract.com said:
[snip]
> "use the ports". e-mail the maintainer and ask if he plans on updating
> it anytime soon.

I should have done that.

> > to ./configure, and using 'gmake' afterwards, but I ended up with similar
> > compilation errors.
> don't believe everything you read. bsd make works fine with gpg.

I didn't say I believed it; just reported the output from ./configure.

> okay. let's do this logically.
>
> there's a problem with asm.

I see that now.

> so let's check the configure script:
>
> 07:20pm[jolan@jolan]~/gnupg-1.0.7$ ./configure --help |grep asm
>   --disable-asm           do not use assembler modules

I actually did this, and managed to miss the part on asm. Mea culpa.

> if compiling software is beyond your grasp, then you really should be
> using the ports & packages. and if you're going to complain about
> software not compiling successfully, you should do so on the software's
> mailing list, not the openbsd mailing list.

1) it was not a complaint, merely a query as to whether or not anybody else
had seen this. If you think otherwise, please read the initial post again.

2) I missed an option in ./configure. Mea culpa. It really doesn't follow
that I'm not capable of handling software compilation. I prefer to use
packages, or the ports tree, when I can. In this case, the current version
isn't there yet, which is what started this whole thing.

3) This particular bug reminded me very much of similar things I've seen
before, most of which were OBSD-specific, which is why I asked here. You'll
note that I _did_ STFW and the archives before posting. Apparently I should
have used that time to read ./configure --help output again.

You could merely have said "check configure options" rather than wasted
bandwidth on a personal attack based on flawed assumptions. But it probably
wouldn't have been as satisfying.

regards,
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