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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
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Subject: Re: g++/groff for i386?
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Date: 4 Jul 90 01:42:10 GMT
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In article <1990Jul3.004744.11110@uokmax.uucp> stdtm@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Timothy A. Melten) writes:
<Has anyone compiled g++1.37.1 successfully for an i386 machine?  I am
<trying to get groff 0.3 to compile, but I have an old (1.36.1) version of
<g++.  When I tried to build g++ 1.37.1 it died while trying to make ld.c.
<If anyone has gotten it to work, please drop me a line.  If this has been
<hashed through before, I apologize; I don't usually read this newsgroup.

Welcome the the GNU g++ installation fustration club.  I too want to get
groff running, but can't because of the same ld.c problems.  I had others
as well, that wasted about 6 hours of time.  I have written to the author
and am awaiting an answer.

I'll make a public suggestion here, like the one that I did to the author.

I would make installation much easier if the GNU team would use the configure
program package, like rn and elm.  This program is used to look around the
system to see what is, or isn't, there and set up the required stuff
automatically.  We all don't know the internals of the various systems that
we have.  Having a program look around for this stuff will be a big plus.

I believe that the GNU team should very seriously consider this installation
aid.
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