Re: [Chicken-users] booting from old Chickens

[felix winkelmann]

On 6/7/06, Brandon J. Van Every <address@hidden> wrote:
> What's the oldest Chicken you think is likely to build the current
> Chicken?  I know Chicken 2.3 will do the job, what about earlier?  I
> have a minimum required build number set in CMake.  I'll lower it + test
> it, if something older is likely to work.  The payoff, as I see it, is
> leveraging installed base without fuss.  In particular, whatever is
> floating around in Linux and Cygwin distros.

2.2 might work, but will generate a suboptimal chicken (there have been
some new declarations, which will be ignored on older versions).

> CMake status: all platforms now build and install, but I haven't tested
> them.  I'm concerned that the directory regime may not be properly
> implemented, i.e. the /bin /lib /share directories.

Very good, Brandon! Your help is much appreciated.


(felix)