Greetings! Gabriel Dos Reis <g...@cs.tamu.edu> writes:
> Camm Maguire <c...@maguirefamily.org> writes: > > | Greetings! > | > | Gabriel Dos Reis <g...@cs.tamu.edu> writes: > | > | > Donald Winiecki <dwinie...@boisestate.edu> 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 > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
