BJ> I know there are some issues with the intial compile.  It has been
 BJ> a while since any of the developers started with a clean plate and
 BJ> attempted to compile.  You may actually have to run the compile two
 BJ> (or three?) times to get some of the libraries compiled due to
 BJ> errors in compile order.  [Or did that get fixed?]


i don't think it really got fixed...


 BJ> I think all of us started with the original two tar file 
 BJ> distribution that (I'm forgetting the name at the moment) ____ got 
 BJ> working from Scott's initial distribution, and then have worked 
 BJ> from the sourceforge archive from there.  There is some initial 
 BJ> building that may only be in one of the tar files..... 

here's the script(s) that i use...

===== updatemax =====
cd /opt
echo removing existing tree...
rm -rf maximus
echo installing base prerequisits...
tar zxf max-3.03-etc.tar.gz
echo killing old log and err files...
rm maxbuild?.log
rm maxbuild?.err
./getmax
./cfgmax
./compmax
cd /opt
===== end =====

===== getmax =====
cd /opt
echo updating maximus from sourceforge cvs repository...
cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anonymous{at}cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/maximus \
  co maximus >/opt/maxbuild1.log 2>&1
cd /opt
===== end =====

===== cfgmax =====
cd /opt
cd maximus
echo configuring... hit enter...
./configure --prefix=/opt/max >/opt/maxbuild2.log 2>&1
cd /opt
===== end =====

===== compmax =====
cd /opt
cd maximus
echo running make build...
make build >/opt/maxbuild3.log 2>&1
cd /opt
===== end =====


this is the same that i've always used since my very first build... at this
point, all i've been after it a good clean build...

 BJ> Also, I know that the base GCC compile has changed versions since
 BJ> any of us have done a serious recompile, so there is probably code,
 BJ> scripts, etc., that are broken when using the newer tools.  :(

i'm sure they are... FWIW: the box that i have been working on for all this
is an old mandrake 7.something version...

"gcc -v" gives me this...

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)


probably the worst thing is that i doubt that i can do much about coming up
to a newer version, not the latest, but just newer, without royally messing
something else up... i upgraded my perl and lost the working apache
install... oh well... maybe it'll be for the best to just wait for you to
"have that baby" ;)

)\/(ark