Hi Nick,
It's my understanding that Waldek has a repo, with significant commits for
64-bit and Arm support. I'm unsure what has been tested and on what
platforms / hardware.
https://github.com/hebisch/poplog/commits/master
with README.md:
"This is cleaned up version of Poplog sources, currently only core part."
I take it you haven't been on this list during the last couple of months.
There is now Poplog version 16 located here:
https://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/poplog/V16/AREADME.html
It starts:
STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Linux Poplog Version 16 is ready for testing:
After required linux libraries have been installed[*],
a single script fetches and installs Poplog V16[*]
After running that script there's an optional extra command to relink with
motif.
It that file, and others there should answer your questions, at least as
regards ubuntu, debian, arch, and Redhat based versions of linux (fedora,
CentOS, Scientific linux).
The getpoplog.sh script can be run with or without -nopie, as explained in
the file. That default will probably be reversed as newer versions of linux
seem to need the -nopie version (pie = position independent execution).
Please report your experiences to the list. I am struggling a bit to keep
up at present because other pressures. That may be true of other, more
expert, participants also.
Eventually I expect it all to go onto github, but there are still some
questions about what should and should not be in it and a small 'startup'
bug that so far only affects programs that are run as
pop11 command....
where command makes use of itemread/readitem and its derivatives, which can
always, for now be replaced by
pop11
: command ...
The install instructions have been tested by several people on this list --
I don't know how many. There are people working on reviving old packages,
e.g. the vision and neural packages.
The AREADME.html file has grown too large and repetitive and I plan to fix
that.
I hope that when everything is working perfectly (!) and there's a
consensus about what should be included by default and what should not,
then all the former can be installed on github, and perhaps also the
optional extras after some testing.
Anything you can do to check out the current version will be appreciated.
Waldek,
Would it be possible to add something like the above answer to the github
web site so that, for the time being people can be redirected to the
V16/AREADME.html for information on installing and using Poplog with all
the old subsystems and packages?
Aaron
