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Hi AIX gurus; please help,

I can't build emacs 20.7 under aix 5.3. Here's some configuration:

gcc 3.3.2
emacx 20.7
aix 5.3

I executed config without any args ie:

../config

[snip]

Configured for `rs6000-ibm-aix'.

Where should the build process find the source code?
/share/aix/apps/freeware/...
What operatring system and machine description files should Emacs
use?
`s/aix3-2.h' and `m/ibmrs6000.h'
What compiler should emacs be built with? gcc -g -O
Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes
Should Emacs use the relocating allocator fo buffers yes
What window system should Emacs use? x11
What toolkit should Emacs use? LUCID
Where do we find X Windows header files? Standard dirs
Where do we find X Windows libraries? Standard dirs

[snip]

make

[snip]
..../lib-src/movemail.c: In function `main':
..../lib-src/movemail.c: 546: error: request for member `w_status' in
something not a structure or union


Any help is very much appreciated.

thank you; thank you

Duane

On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 09:28 -0800, dcaustin@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi AIX gurus; please help,
>
> I can't build emacs 20.7 under aix 5.3. Here's some configuration:
>
> gcc 3.3.2
> emacx 20.7
> aix 5.3

I don't have a definitive answer for you, but I found I had numerous
problems using the build of GCC for AIX 5.2, which shipped on the May
2005 Linux Toolbox CD. Try the 5.3 build if you're not using that one
already:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeS.../RPMS/ppc/gcc/

Wil

Also, shouldn't this:
What window system should Emacs use? x11
be this:
What window system should Emacs use? X11

Wil,

Thanks for the response but I don't think this one can be blamed on gcc. It
something wrong with the way the macros are being defined.

Duane

Yes x11 is really X11... sorry I have to type the response from a listing
since the computer that has Emacs is not connected to the internet.

Duane

Hi,

I have solved my own problem of how to get emacs 20.7 to build on AIX 5.3.
The answer is don't execute configure like:

../configure

Instead execute it like:

../configure rs6000-ibm-aix4.2

Getting the most recent version of emacs (I think 21.5) would probably also
work... as I assume they probably handle the case of specifically specifying
aix 5.3 like (but I haven't varified this):

../configure rs6000-ibm-aix5.3


Duane