[rescue] freeware.sgi.com PISSES ME OFF

[Julius Sridhar]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:

> > ok, first of all, the whole instpackwhatever dependency thing is really dumb.
> > it's driving me crazy.  also, the whole everything on freeware.sgi.com depends
> > on everything else on freeware.sgi.com is total insanity.  there has GOT to
> > be an easier way of doing this.  is there?
>
> Yup, this is definitely a case in which it's easier to roll your own.
> Just snarf gcc and binutils, and then build:
>
>   1) flex
>   2) bison
>   3) m4
>   4) binutils
>   5) gcc
>
> Then uninstall the SGI freeware kits, and install as you want from sources
> on the 'net.
>
> I forget how large my /usr/src hive is, but it's well over 1GB.

I'd probably also get automake, autoconf, automan, and perl.

Peace...  Sridhar