<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div>I downloaded and built the latest stable release and it sits happily at</div><div><br></div><div>/usr/local/mercury-14-01.1/bin/mmc</div><div><br></div><div>and I can run it quite happily but since using it I noticed a couple of warnings that I can submit a patch/PR for but I cannot seem to build from the github as it tells me..</div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace">checking for gcc... gcc<br>checking whether the C compiler works... yes<br>checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out<br>checking for suffix of executables... <br>checking whether we are cross compiling... no<br>checking for suffix of object files... o<br>checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes<br>checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes<br>checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed<br>checking what the C compiler type really is... gcc<br>checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu<br>checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu<br>checking for cygpath... echo<br>checking for cygpath... echo<br>looking for an already installed Mercury compiler to bootstrap with...<br>checking for mmc... /usr/local/mercury-14.01.1/bin/mmc<br>checking whether the above mmc works and is sufficiently recent... no<br>configure: error: You need a working Mercury compiler to bootstrap with</font><br></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">I used this page:</font></div><div><a href="https://github.com/Mercury-Language/mercury/blob/master/README.bootstrap">https://github.com/Mercury-Language/mercury/blob/master/README.bootstrap</a><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>and I have obv. misread it...it doesn't say if the instructions:</div><div><br></div><div><table class="gmail-highlight gmail-tab-size gmail-js-file-line-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-size:14px"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-LC42" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">BOOTSTRAPPING</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L43" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC43" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">-------------</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L44" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC44" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">Once the minimal prerequisite compiler has been built and installed, a</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L45" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC45" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">reasonably complete distribution can be bootstrapped. However the build</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L46" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC46" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">tree must be clean or the build may fail. Clean and then build the complete</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L47" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC47" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">distribution by issuing the following command sequence:</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L48" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC48" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L49" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC49" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">----</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L50" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC50" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">make realclean</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L51" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC51" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">./prepare.sh</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L52" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC52" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">./configure</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L53" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC53" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">make</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L54" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC54" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">sudo make install</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td id="gmail-L55" class="gmail-blob-num gmail-js-line-number" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;color:rgba(27,31,35,0.3);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;min-width:50px;text-align:right;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:50px"></td><td id="gmail-LC55" class="gmail-blob-code gmail-blob-code-inner gmail-js-file-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 10px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top;font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;overflow:visible;white-space:pre">---- </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>apply to the github repo or to the bootstrap compiler I just built...</div><div><br></div><div>I have used prolog enough to know i want to port my skills to Mercury but it's been pretty frustrating so far...my first personal project is a set of hyperlinked docs!</div><div><a href="http://seancharlesconsulting.co.uk/posts/2019-06-19-mercury-documentation-project.html">http://seancharlesconsulting.co.uk/posts/2019-06-19-mercury-documentation-project.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best,</div><div>Sean</div><div><br></div><div><font face="courier new, monospace"><br></font></div></div>