AIX build problems

[mcnichol at austin.ibm.com]

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> From: Perry Smith <pedz at easesoftware.net>
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 14:46:40 -0600
> Subject: AIX build problems
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> Hi,
> 
> I guess, first, is this the right place for help with build  
> problems?  If not, can you please point me to a more appropriate  
> mailing list.
> 
> I'm trying to build X11R6.8.2 on AIX 5.3 using IBM's compiler.  The  
> make dies in lib/fontconfig because SOFONTCONFIGREV is not set.   
> There is a line in the Makefile that uses it to create shell  
> variables for MAJ, MIN, and TEEN.  The command in the Makefile errors  
> off because a call to expr has only a + and no other arguments.
> 
> I did not see any readme files or anything about how to build it on  
> aix so I basically just unpacked the tar ball and said make.
> 
> Thank you for helping
> Perry

Hmmm...

I hit the same problem, and forgot about it because my build scripts
were automagically applying the following patch each time I downloaded
and compiled.



*** xc/lib/fontconfig/Imakefile.orig    Wed Dec 21 14:57:12 2005
--- xc/lib/fontconfig/Imakefile Mon Dec 19 10:19:52 2005
***************
*** 8,13 ****
--- 8,14 ----
  #define DoProfileLib ProfileLibFontconfig
  #define HasSharedData YES
  #define LibName fontconfig
+ SOFONTCONFIGREV=2.2.2
  #define SoRev SOFONTCONFIGREV
  #define LibInstall InstallFontconfigLibrary
  #define LibHeaders InstallFontconfigLibrary
  
   
  
Dan