Re: scsh.net broken link(s)

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Nunez Steve <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hmmm. I'm on a 32-bit (OpenSolaris) environment and a warning:
> warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type
> is this anything to be worried about?
> More generally, can anyone recommend any good alternatives for heavy-duty
> shell scripting for folks that like LISP? I've heard TCL may be appealing...
> SteveN
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> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> To: Scsh Users <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2009 10:59:21 AM
> Subject: Re: scsh.net broken link(s)
>
> Nunez Steve writes:
>> The 64-bit limitation is a bit worrisome. Does anyone here know if a
>> fix is in the works? I don't have the skills to address the problem,
>> and a search shows some patches submitted to some of the OSs.
>
> Or, more specifically, are there any plans to port SCSH from its
> current Scheme 48 implementation to something more recent?  Version
> 1.8 released a month ago advertises 64-bit support.
>
> Derek
>
> --
> Derek Upham
> [email protected]
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>
>

I used to run Scsh on FreeBSD i386, but when I used it on Debian
amd64, I found out that there are no Scsh packages for amd64, due to
the fact that it assumes a 32-bit environment and it has hardwired
32-bit limits in the code.

I had to run Scsh on Debian amd64 (because a lot of my scripts are
written in it) so I sought ways on how to do it. It's not completely
relevant to the thread topic but I'll list below what I have tried and
done so far.

1. Use getlibs: http://www.google.com/search?q=getlibs
2. Use the patch from:
   http://www.nabble.com/Bug-414931:-scsh-0.6:-patch-for-amd64-support-td19868287.html
3. Use Scsh in an x86 chroot environment
4. (Ab)use amd64's biarch support to run a 32-bit image. Trent Buck
   gave me instructions regarding this (on Debian system) which is as
   follows: (slight modified to correct minor erratas)

   apt-get update
   apt-get build-dep scsh-0.6
   apt-get install libc6-dev-i386 ia32-libs gcc-multilib
   apt-get source scsh-0.6
   cd scsh-0.6*/
   sed -i '/CFLAGS = -g -Wall/ s/$/ -m32/' debian/rules
   sed -i '/Cpu:/ s/$/,amd64/' debian/control.in debian/rules debian/control
   sed -i '/i386/s/$/ amd64/' debian/control
   debuild -uc -us
   cd ..
   dpkg -i scsh*deb

Scsh is a very promising and powerful environment. We hope somebody
will have enough time to port it to 64-bit environmets to fully take
advantage of what that arch offers and not just rely on very rough
kludges.

-- 
Rommel M. Martinez
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http://www.bespin.org/~ebzzry