Re: [Chicken-users] [4.7.0.3-st] Compiling on Solaris 10

[John Cowan]

Nicolas Pelletier scripsit:

> As it turns out, there is a apply-hack.sparc64.S... but nothing for
> the other. I am not familiar with the sparc architecture, so I am
> looking for advice on what to do. Also please tell me if you need more
> information.

Currently, sparc is not a supported CPU.  The first thing is to add it
to the list of known CPU architectures.  Add the line

        sparc) echo "sparc";;

to config-arch.sh just before the corresponding sparc64 line.  The Right
Thing is to find (or become) someone who knows enough sparc32 assembly
language to write apply-hack.sparc.S.  Failing that, here are a few
hacky things to try:

1) Try copying apply-hack.sparc64.S to apply-hack.sparc.S and hope
it works.  If it does build, be sure to run the tests.

2) If that fails, try disabling APPLY_HACK by adding the following patch
to Makefile.solaris after the comment line "# options":

ifeq ($(ARCH),sparc)
        APPLY_HACK=
endif

As far as I know, nobody has tried to build Chicken without an apply-hack
in a long time.

Let us know what happens in any event.

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