Re: building findutils (was Re: xargs missing in beta 16 release?)

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 > From: David Jeffers <http://www.redrose.net/~jeffers>
 > Date: Fri  Oct 18,  6:57am
 >
 > >>>>> "Robert" == Robert  <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> writes:
 > 
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 >     Robert> Has anyone successfully built findutils-4.1?  I've been
 >     Robert> trying to get it compiled on beta 16, but it doesn't want
 >     Robert> to cooperate.  Here's my probs:
 > 
 >     Robert> 1) It always thinks that I'm cross-compiling.  This is
 >     Robert> obviously not true.  All I can conclude is that return
 >     Robert> values from programs are not correctly getting passed back
 >     Robert> to the shell (aka test).  I hard-coded configure to
 >     Robert> cross-compile=no.  2) Even though it went through
 >     Robert> configure, a makefile didn't get generated!
 > 
 >     Robert> Are there any special tricks to getting stuff with
 >     Robert> configure scripts to compile on GNU-WIN32/CYGWIN?
 > 
 >     Robert> P.S. The mailing list archive on the web site still seems
 >     Robert> to be out of date so I cannot look up whether this
 >     Robert> question has already been addressed.
 > 
 >     Robert,
 > 	This is the article I posted to the gnu-win32 list
 >     some time ago. Rather than address your specific problems
 >     above first -try the methods below -and then let me know
 >     your results, o.k.?
 > 
 > In-Reply-To: <9609301238.http://www.jordan.rad.cadix.co.jp/~AA12949>
 > References: <9609301238.http://www.jordan.rad.cadix.co.jp/~AA12949>
 > From: David Jeffers <http://www.redrose.net/~jeffers>
 > To: http://www.rad.cadix.co.jp/~yy
 > CC: http://www.cygnus.com/~gnu-win32
 > Subject: Re: find command on b16
 > 
 > >>>>> "yy" == yy  <http://www.rad.cadix.co.jp/~yy> writes:
 > 
 >     yy> Hi, Does any one made find command for cygnus b16 ?  I tried
 >     yy> to make find.exe for source code of b14, but I can't.
 > 
 >     yy> Thanks, Yuichi Yoshida
 > 
 >   The way I understand it, porting unix code with Cygnus tools is
 >   the OBJECT of the exercise, thus by trial and error, some very
 >   interesting results are achieved. 
 > 
 >   The find utilities for me are indispensible, especially the
 >   locate database. Here's how I compiled findutils-4.1 using
 >   Cygnus B16:
 > 
 >   Get the findutils-4.1 sources from your favorite ftp server.
 >   The source and diffs at Cygnus are a pain, so get the latest
 >   version somewhere. I used 'ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gnu'.
 >   1. unpack the sources
 >   2. chmod +w configure
 >   3. edit configure changing each instance of '- o conftest' to
 >      ' -o conftest.exe'.
 >   4. cd to the /find directory
 >   5. chmod +w fstype.c
 >   6. edit fstype.c by entering on line 51 'int MOUNTED = 0;'
 >   7. cd to the /locate directory
 >   8. chmod +w locate.c
 >   9. edit locate.c changing the word 'getw' to 'getc' (line 251).
 >  10. in the same directory, chmod +w code.c
 >  11. edit code.c changing the word 'putw' to 'putc' (line 175).
 >  12. back in the toplevel directory type 'configure --program-suffix=.exe'
 >  13. Now you should have a Makefile. Type 'make'
 >  14. If all goes well you should have the following executables residing
 >      in the various directories:
 > 
 >      find.exe  locate.exe  xargs.exe  bigram.exe  frcode.exe  code.exe 
 >      and the shell script updatedb.sh*
 > 
 >      Sometimes, the '.exe' extension is not generated however, if so
 >      just do a 'cp find find.exe',etc. for all the files and install
 >      in your '/bin' directory or wherever you put your executables. 
 >      I generally install exe's manually since 'make install' can
 >      sometimes put stuff where you don't want it, but your mileage
 >      may vary.
 >  15. If you have groff you can make all the man.1 files into ascii
 >      versions and install them, as well as the find.info files, etc.
 >  16. Read updatedb.1. This greatly improves find's ability to 'locate'
 >      files and is worth the price of admission alone.
 > 
 >     David Jeffers	     "Remember Patriotism?"
 > <http://www.redrose.net/~jeffers>	"America First, Last and Always!"

I did the above, but I still didn't get a makefile:

no
checking for strftime... ./configure: 12786404: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for strspn... ./configure: 12786404: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for strstr... ./configure: 12786404: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for strtol... ./configure: 12786404: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for fchdir... ./configure: 12781732: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for getcwd... ./configure: 12781732: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for strerror... ./configure: 12781732: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for -lintl... ./configure: 12786404: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for strftime... (cached) no
checking for vprintf... ./configure: 12787044: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for _doprnt... ./configure: 12797092: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for working alloca.h... ./configure: 12768900: No such file or directo
y
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for alloca... ./configure: 12768868: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
./configure: 12770884: No such file or directory
checking whether alloca needs Cray hooks... ./configure: 12773380: No such file
or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking stack direction for C alloca... ./configure: 12874436: No such file or
directory
-1
./configure: 12878500: No such file or directory
checking for -lsun... (cached) no
checking for -lseq... ./configure: 12877956: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking for getmntent... ./configure: 12872868: No such file or directory
conftest*: No such file or directory
no
checking whether closedir returns void... ./configure: 12872644: No such file o
 directory
yes
./configure: 12875684: No such file or directory
updating cache ./config.cache
./configure: 12878628: No such file or directory
creating ./config.status
./configure: 12877924: No such file or directory
./configure: 12872612: No such file or directory
./configure: 12872772: No such file or directory
conftest.vals: No such file or directory
./configure: 12878084: No such file or directory
./configure: 12875012: No such file or directory
conftest.tail: No such file or directory
./configure: 12874596: No such file or directory
% make
make.EXE: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
% ls
COPYING         README          config.status   configure.~3~*  mkinstalldirs*
ChangeLog       TODO            configure*      doc/            stamp-h.in
INSTALL         acconfig.h      configure.in    find/           test.c
Makefile.am     config.cache    configure.out   install-sh*     testsuite/
Makefile.in     config.h.in     configure.~1~*  lib/            xargs/
NEWS            config.log      configure.~2~*  locate/



Any ideas?