From: Daniel Barker <sokal AT holyrood DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: British ISPELL build problems
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:18:35 +0100
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I am having trouble making a British version of ispell, using isp3120s
(Ispell 3.1.20 sources for DJGPP 2.x) under Windows 98. I would be
grateful for advice from someone who has managed to do this, or a similar
build. 

I have installed all the packages on which the build depends. I have been
trying to follow the instructions in "gnu\ispell-3.120\pc\readme". 

There seem to be two problems when I type "make". They crop up after a
couple of minutes or so (on slow Pentium hardware). 

I think the root of the problem might be an incorrect value for LANGUAGES. 
Here is what I have changed the relevant line of "pc\local.djgpp" to: 

#define LANGUAGES "{british,MASTERDICTS=britmed,HASHFILES=britmed.hash}
{american}"

(Note: this is all on one line in the file.) The idea was to have a
medium-sized British dictionary by default, with the possibility of using
an American dictionary as well. 

I tried some other setting first, the details of which I forget. It failed
in the same way. I changed it to the above, typed "make clean",
"pc\configdj", then "make" again. 

Here is the first problem:

iwhich: sed: command not found
iwhich: false: command not found
iwhich: sed: command not found
iwhich: false: command not found

("sed" and "false" are actually installed.) Then, almost immediately, the
build fails as follows: 

make.exe[3]: Entering directory
`c:/Local/djgpp/gnu/ispell-3.120/languages/british'
make.exe[3]: *** No rule to make target `britmed'.  Stop.
make.exe[3]: Leaving directory
`c:/Local/djgpp/gnu/ispell-3.120/languages/british'
make.exe[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make.exe[2]: Leaving directory
`c:/Local/djgpp/gnu/ispell-3.120/languages/british'
+ exit 1
+ exit 1
make.exe[1]: *** [language-subdirs] Error 1
make.exe[1]: Leaving directory `c:/Local/djgpp/gnu/ispell-3.120'
make.exe: *** [all-languages] Error 2

All advice appreciated. Thank you.


Daniel Barker.