[tex-live] Problems compiling on alpha

[Norbert Preining]

Hello!

Has anybody an idea on this? I want to make new binaries for alpha-linux
but this is stopping me ATM.

On Die, 29 Jul 2003, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi friends!
> 
> I have the following problem compiling texlive on alpha:
> 
> rm -f libt1lib.a
> ar cru libt1lib.a t1cs.o t1interp.o t1item.o t1font.o t1mm.o t1rw.o t1unparser.o psres.o 
> ar: libt1lib.a: Input/output error
> 
> The problem is in the mminstance, which was updated -- but I am not sure
> wether correct.
> 
> I also think that it might be a problem with g++ and mminstance, i.e.
> that mminstance requires a more recent compiler (here we have
> gcc-2.95.4).
> 
> Do you have any ideas?
> 

Best wishes

Norbert

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