[Mono-dev] Compiling Mono on SPARC

[Andreas Färber]

Hi,

Am 18.04.2008 um 02:27 schrieb PCM Reddy:

>  I tried to compile Mono 1.2.6 on Solaris SPARC with gnutoolchain and
> it failed to compile "mcs" target. When I look at the details for mcs
> target. I got the following  error.
>
> Any suggestion or workarounds to compile Mono 1.2.6 on SPARC.
>
> When I tried to run gmake in mcs folder. I see this error, may be the
> this is the cause of the problem.
> gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/mono-1.2.6/mcs/mcs'
> gmake[2]: *** No rule to make target
> `../class/Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter/MonoSymbolFile.cs',  
> needed
> by `../class/lib/default/mcs.exe'.  Stop.
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/mono-1.2.6/mcs/mcs'
> gmake[1]: *** [do-all] Error 2
>
> BTW, I also tried to copy this files from mono1.9 and still does not  
> work.

Did you use Solaris' tar? You need to use gtar instead.

Also, iirc on Solaris there is another "mcs" program that interferes  
with Mono's bootstrapping. You may need to adjust your $PATH.

Andreas