Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: Tru64 Build...

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  Its been some time since we discussed this -- but I
thought I'd just let you know that current CVS is working fine now on
alpha-linux, if this helps you.  gcl/maxima passes all tests.

Take care,

Robert Alan Byer <address@hidden> writes:

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> >> You asked how the Tru64 Alpha build was going, attached is a log of a
> >> configure and make that will give you some ideas of what still needs to be
> >> address in general in GCL and what still needs to be fixed.
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> >Looking pretty good.  Many of these things appear straightforward,
> >though tedious, to fix.  I'm especially interested in anything you
> >have to do to address the 64bit question.
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> Well..
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> When I first started messigh with GCL in general I was told that an older 
> version of GCL compiled just fine with Tru64 as someone did most of the 
> work to make it work.  But later versions of GCL wern't tested with True64 
> but most of the support files are still there.
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> So HOPEFULLY once all the warnings and errors are hammered out it should 
> build and run just fine.
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> It should run pretty well since there is assembly code for the Alpha 
> platform in the GMP library that is compiled and used and I'm hoping to get 
> that converted over for OpenVMS (right now the OpenVMS port uses the
> gcl/gmp/mpn/generic code and not the nice assembly code).
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> I'm trying to get some of the Tru64 guru's to help out as well as some of 
> the Linux Alpha people.
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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