Greg Woodhouse wrote, on 07/20/2006 06:40 PM: [KSB] <...snip...>
> Does anyone have instructions for compiling GT.M on FreeBSD. I remember > Dave Whitten and I tried this once before, but it wasn't even clear how > to compile on Linux is a previous version wasn't in place. [KSB] A member of the GT.M community in Australia reports successfully building GT.M on FreeBSD. He did have to make some changes. I am working with him to get him the automated regression test suite so that it can be a fully tested version of GT.M. He says he will release his port as a FreeBSD package when he is done. If anyone would like to collaborate with him, please let me know off line and I will put you in touch with him. I believe he is interested in a subsequent OS X port as well. Apropos the bootstrapping issue, some of the C source files in GT.M pertaining to the error messages are actually generated by a GT.M program from ASCII text files. You can simply take the C files from the Linux port (from Source Forge) to accomplish the initial bootstrap. Alternatively, run GT.M built for Linux on FreeBSD using the compatibility library for the bootstrap. > Darwin implements FreeBSD on top of the Mach-O microkernel (and yes, I > recall a thread -- no pun intended -- in which someone said it's not a > true microkernel in the sense of the original Mach). There are also > core services which, I believe do not rely on the FreeBSD subsystem, > but in principle, at least, FreeBSD applications ought to compile under > OS X. [KSB] This is my understanding as well. Does anyone know whether the FreeBSB compatibility library that allows Linux binaries to run on FreeBSD also works for OS X? -- Bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members