Re: GnuPG-1.0.7 build errors?

[jolan <jolan@enteract.com>]

> I'm pretty certain this is a FAQ, or at least has been discussed before in
> the archives, but after half an hour with Google, I couldn't find anything
> applicable. If this is a FAQ or has been previously discussed, could somebody
> please send me in the direction of the appropriate docs/thread? Thanks.
"use the ports". e-mail the maintainer and ask if he plans on updating
it anytime soon.

> note: ./configure ran normally, generating no errors, except for a complaint
> that I'm not using GNU make. I also attempted to build by specifying GNU make
> 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.

> _mpih-lshift.s
> _mpih-lshift.s: Assembler messages:
> _mpih-lshift.s:127: Error: operands given don't match any known 386
> instruction
> _mpih-lshift.s:137: Error: operands given don't match any known 386
> instruction
> _mpih-lshift.s:141: Error: operands given don't match any known 386
> instruction
> *** Error code 1
okay. let's do this logically.

there's a problem with asm.

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

oh. we can disable the use of assembly. let's try that:

./configure --disable-asm && make

oh. it compiles just dandy now.

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.

- jolan