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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: solaris build


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: solaris build
Date: 08 Mar 2002 10:48:42 -0500

Greetings!

Dan Stanger <address@hidden> writes:

> The .data files in the cmpnew directory are text.

Oops!  My mistake, brown paper bag time!

I still haven't gotten around to testing it, but I'm suspecting that
generating the .data files in text is going to clear up a number of
portability issues.  Anyone else with decisive results here is
encouraged to post them to the list!

> re: the solaris build, the .bz2 one had some stuff edited by hand.

OK.

> I will email you the configure and makefiles next week.

Thanks!

> Dan
> 
> Camm Maguire wrote:
> 
> > Greetings!
> >
> > Dan Stanger <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > Camm Maguire wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greetings!
> > > >
> > > > Just following up on this, and stating my assumption that this issue
> > > > is superceded by the sigfpe problem you've discovered.
> > > >
> > > > Does gcl build, albeit possibly without readline, using gcc, etc, on
> > > > solaris now?
> > >
> > > Yes, I think so, see my previous message.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > As to the data files, I am reasonably sure, but not totally.  We don't
> > > > have a working coff system to compare against to state this with
> > > > certainty, but here is my reasoning.  As you've found, the data files
> > > > work perfectly well *in ascii format* if :system-p et. al. are set
> > > > right. Looking at some of these files, they are just standard lisp
> > > > code, and must it would seem be identical across platforms.  still
> > > > haven't checked trying to build maxima with the ascii data files, but
> > > > we could luck out and just have a bug in translating the files to
> > > > binary on some boxes.
> > >
> > > Cygwin is a coff system, so when I get a chance, I will email you a data 
> > > file
> > > from a simple function.
> > >
> >
> > OK, but I wager it will differ, not by design, but by bug. :-(
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Also, I have taken *binary* data files frm i386, copied to m68k, and
> > > > fixed maxima build problems I was facing.  That is my main data
> > > > point.
> > >
> > > Yes, but these are all elf systems.
> > >
> > > Another test might be to rebuild the compiler on all platforms.
> > > Dan
> >
> > This would be a good test, but even this idea should give us a clue.
> > How could Schelter have shipped pre-made binary .data files for the
> > compiler if they weren't portable across archs?
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Take care,
> > > >
> > > > address@hidden writes:
> > > >
> > > > > did you get a chance to look at the configure and build output
> > > > > from solaris, so see why the changes broke the solaris build?
> > > > > Also are you sure that the datafiles are the same between coff and
> > > > > elf systems, when binary data files are generated?
> > > > > Dan
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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> > > > Baha'u'llah
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> > >
> >
> > --
> > Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."  --  Baha'u'llah



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