Re: kitgen IRIX

On 30 Mar 2007, at 10:43, rene wrote:

> to build tclkits for IRIX try the following:
[...]

Thanks, looks like this is considerably simpler now than with the C++  
requirements of Metakit.  Excellent, C++ is on its way out at last.

> 1. Remove "@PKG_INCLUDES@" in "tclvfs/Makefile.in". It gives a -I""
> and that failed to compile.

This is odd.  I wonder where that -I"" comes from exactly, don't see  
it on other platforms.

> 2. Make sure "ranlib" is empty command.

What's the best way to do so?  Define a "RANLIB = :" in configure.in  
or so?

> 3. Patch "vlerq/generic/vlerq.c". Include use of IRIX systems.

Done, thx.  Will be in the next tarball.

> 4. Patch "config.sh". Include IRIX systems:
>
> Enable threads (both "cc" and "gcc"):
[...]
> Compile IRIX with native "cc". "gcc" must be removed from PATH
[...]
> Compile IRIX with "gcc":
[...]

Are you saying it can be built either way?  Could we auto-detect this  
in config.sh ?

-jcw