Date: Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:18:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Babak Sehari <sehari@iastate.edu> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: I need help in installing this package. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960721221002.29326B-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9607212340.AA07249@eng3.iastate.edu>
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On Sun, 21 Jul 1996, Babak Sehari wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a package that uses the interviews library to generate Make > file. Even though, I installed the interviews library and the > interviews library seemd to work fine, but the generated Makefile file > does not run under make without problems. > > Is there anybody out there that can help me install this on my > FreeBSD? Interviews is much more than just a library, so just installing the library alone will certainly not get you the Interviews build environment. Their makefiles are kinda goofy, because they go to a lot of trouble trying to make a pseudo-namespace. I guess the Interviews programmers came from an environment with a great amount of control over namespaces, and in their comments, they grouse a lot over this not being available in C and C++, so they get what they want by some horrible include files, that put "iv" in front of all their exported functions, instead of just letting the programmer see the iv in the first place. This trick of theirs made porting interviews to new environments a major pain, because that's the feature that screws up the most. Anyhow, use the interviews port in /usr/ports/x11/iv, and install it from there. You CAN'T get away just with the library, and you MUST have a full x11 enviroment available (like the XFree86 stuff). To tell you the truth, if you're going to be doing any development at all using interviews, I'd go buy the O'Reilly Imake book and read it, because you're going to need to know a bit more about imakefiles. It won't be that bad, but you won't get away without a little study here. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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