Re: [Gcl-devel] Make still fails on WinXP for ANSI

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:

> Camm Maguire <address@hidden> writes:
>
> | Greetings!
> | 
> | Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
> | 
> | > Donald Winiecki <address@hidden> writes:
> | >
> | > | Hi Camm and everyone,
> | > | 
> | > | Apologies for the appearance of non-activity on my part.  My WinXP 
> machine has
> | > | been struggling for awhile and has given up the ghost -- so to say.  I 
> knew
> | > | this was going to happen eventually but didn't expect it presently.  
> (It's
> | > | struggles may have been behind my inability to build a GCL-ansi variant 
> on
> | > | WinXP.)
> | > | 
> | > | Since the only reason to try and get an WinXP machine up and running 
> would be
> | > | to help out with WinXP tests of GCL -- and I don't know who might be 
> using
> | > | WinXP still -- I'm not sure it's worth an entire machine to do this. 
> | >
> | > Hi Don,
> | >
> | > I do believe it makes sense to have a GCL build test.  GCL is still one
> | > of the very few Lisp systems that used to build (e.g. in gcl-2.6.8pre
> | > some years) native Lisp systems.  For the AXIOM systems (especially
> | > OpenAxiom), it is the standard Lisp system.
> | >
> | > I do have access to a Windows XP (32-bit) box, and a Windows 7 (64-bit) 
> box.
> | > I can conduct the tests if you have developed some methods.
> | >
> | > Camm, the Windows boxes I have access to are `mobile' laptops so I do
> | > not know how to manage access to them (plus I know Windows just about to
> | > be dangerous). 
> | >
> | 
> | OK.  Is there yet a reason to believe that open axiom might/should
> | build under wine?  Should this be pursued?
>
> Hi Camm, 
>
> As long as it is possible to run GCL under wine (and EVAL works in that
> configuration), OpenAxiom should build fine under wine, and if it does
> not (as you reported) it must just be a matter of twicking
> Makefile/Autoconf expansion variables.  
> I put that on the high priority list.  
>

OK, great!  Please let me know if you need or would like me to
test/try anything out here.

Take care,

> Many thanks,
>
> -- Gaby
>
>
>

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Camm Maguire                                        address@hidden
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