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I want to install make 3.81 on Ubuntu 18.04.

So I download this version of make and run ./configure and then make. But when compiling it gives me this error:

./glob/glob.c: In function ‘glob’:
./glob/glob.c:581:23: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘__alloca’; did you mean ‘alloca’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 newp = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1);
 ^~~~~~~~
 alloca
./glob/glob.c:581:14: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 newp = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1);
 ^
./glob/glob.c:709:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 newp = (char *) __alloca (home_len + dirlen);
 ^
./glob/glob.c:732:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 newp = (char *) __alloca (end_name - dirname);
 ^
./glob/glob.c:783:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 newp = (char *) __alloca (home_len + rest_len + 1);
 ^
./glob/glob.c:814:11: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘__stat’; did you mean ‘__xstat’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 : __stat (dirname, &st)) == 0
 ^~~~~~
 __xstat
./glob/glob.c: In function ‘glob_in_dir’:
./glob/glob.c:1256:21: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 char *fullname = (char *) __alloca (dirlen + 1 + patlen + 1);
 ^
./glob/glob.c:1283:12: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 names = (struct globlink *) __alloca (sizeof (struct globlink));
 ^
./glob/glob.c:1341:32: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 struct globlink *new = (struct globlink *)
 ^
./glob/glob.c:1367:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
 names = (struct globlink *) __alloca (sizeof (struct globlink));

Same situation at building version 3.82. My current version of make is 4.1.

Is anybody know what could be wrong?

Thanks

EDIT:

glob/libglob.a(glob.o): In function `glob_in_dir':
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1361: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1336: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1277: undefined reference to `__alloca'
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:1250: undefined reference to `__alloca'
glob/libglob.a(glob.o): In function `glob':
/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:575: undefined reference to `__alloca'
glob/libglob.a(glob.o):/opt/make-3.81/glob/glob.c:726: more undefined references to `__alloca' follow
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:410: recipe for target 'make' failed
make[2]: *** [make] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/opt/make-3.81'
Makefile:603: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/opt/make-3.81'
Makefile:326: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

Each new version of gcc changes slightly according to the standard or better adherence to the standard. One thing I've noticed is that it becomes stricter and stricter. So, for example, you might have code from 5 years ago that would compile fine 5 years ago, but with the latest version of gcc, you may get all these warnings and errors.

It looks like make 3.81 was used in Ubuntu trusty: make 3.81 . It also looks like Ubuntu trusty was using gcc 4.8.2. So, one thing you can try is to install gcc 4.x and use that to compile.

In Ubuntu 18.04, install the package gcc-4.8 . Then type ./configure --help . You will see a list of environment variables that you can set that will change the compiler. This is also explained here.

I think this will work. (I've had to do something similar before.)