[knobby]

I'm trying to get pdfTex (or teTex) built under OS X PB1..

The pdfTex src includes a "configure" shell script which generates the following output:
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creating cache ./config.cache
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... cc
checking whether the C compiler (cc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (cc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether cc accepts -g... yes
checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type; you must specify one
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I'm sure someone has run into this problem (in bold) already.. Any suggestions on which files I need to edit to specify the host type?

Thanks;
Jeff

[Millennium]

The problem comes from the fact that OSX doesn't set a $HOST environment variable (I don't know why, but it doesn't). What you have to do, therefore, is modify your configure call a bit, to:

./configure --host=powerpc-apple-rhapsody10.0

That seems to work for Mozilla and everything related to it, at any rate (well, Fizzilla still won't build as Carbon/Mach, but the configuration works anyway, and the libs compile fine).

[knobby]

Thanks..

I ran the configure script using the suggested call, and had no serious problems (I was missing a library, but the config script gave me the ftp address fo rthe files I needed)..

Then I ran the resulting make file, only to hit another error.. The make file calls "/usr/bin/ld -lcrt0.o" and gets an error message stating that crt0.o can't be found.. I guess, I'll have to poke around and do a little reading..

Thanks again..

[danengel]

Obviously, you could solve the problem, but unless you really want to compile it there already is a fully compiled TeX. I can't remember where but it's described in the manuals of TexShop, which can be found easily.

[knobby]

I hadn't heard of TeXShop before.. I just took a look at the TeXShop page, and I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Honestly, I was just trying to learn a little more about BSD and what it takes to build an app from the available source code.. TeX just happened to be something I could see an immediate use for..

[danengel]

Yeah, I did that too, but it was pForth I tried to compile (and did, in the end), with some help from its author and the usual trial-and-error procedure. Good experience.