making python on Solaris 8

[Andrew MacIntyre]

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Harvey Thomas wrote:

>  Solaris 8 (64-bit)
>
>  gcc ver  2.95.3
>  make ver 3.79.1
>
>  configure output and the make output with the error at the end are attached.
>
> Any ideas on what is wrong would be most welcome.

You need ar to build the libraries.  I would guess that either:-
- your $PATH doesn't include the path to the Solaris ar (which I vaguely
recall might be in /usr/ccs/bin or /usr/ucb/bin);
- ar and friends weren't installed, in which case you might need the GNU
binutils installed as well as gcc and gmake.

HTH.

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