X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/6730259fea22fcd4b7d28f3b57fef2d5776a2dad..f6dce6c1d61bd1fd946f453c6fec30fa89e0181e:/etc/PROBLEMS diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 6978d79c63..58c2ceaf68 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -2544,27 +2544,6 @@ occurring with older versions of GCC (e.g. 3.3.5). This is due to a bug in the bcopy implementation in openSUSE 10.3. It is/will be fixed in an openSUSE update. -** Installation - -*** On Solaris, use GNU Make when installing an out-of-tree build - -The Emacs configuration process allows you to configure the -build environment so that you can build emacs in a directory -outside of the distribution tree. When installing Emacs from an -out-of-tree build directory on Solaris, you may need to use GNU -make. The make programs bundled with Solaris support the VPATH -macro but use it differently from the way the VPATH macro is -used by GNU make. The differences will cause the "make install" -step to fail, leaving you with an incomplete emacs -installation. GNU make is available in /usr/sfw/bin on Solaris -10 and can be installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake from the Solaris 9 -Software Companion CDROM. - -The problems due to the VPATH processing differences affect only -out of tree builds so, if you are on a Solaris installation -without GNU make, you can install Emacs completely by installing -from a build environment using the original emacs distribution tree. - ** First execution *** Emacs binary is not in executable format, and cannot be run.