Re: TeX for Debain, can you help!!

[pat@wesson.it.com.au (Pat Mackinlay)]

>>  I downloaded web2c-6.1 last night, however I have run into a major problem 
>> compiling it. Here's the bit that make is echoing to the screen when it gives

>From the look of it, you're running into a problem where the code wants
to use an extern function called alloca(), whereas the headers have defined
it to be a macro. Change the relevant section to something like:

#ifndef alloca		/* or #ifndef linux - your choice */
extern alloca();
#endif

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pat -- empty space is wasted space.