Thanks for helping Rob,  TinyCore does have uname, and that command returns
"Linux".

It uses BusyBox for shell commands and a subset of dd is supported which
does not have the lcase option!

(see attached)

-Dave

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Rob Arthan <r...@lemma-one.com> wrote:
>
> David,
>
> > On 15 Dec 2014, at 23:43, David Topham <dtop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It is version 2.9.1w8... and here is the latest attempt (attached).
> >
> >
> > I notice that SOLARIS is on the compile line which is not true..should
> be LINUX perhaps?
> > but how do I influence that?
>
> The relevant makefile (src/xpp.mkf) uses the following command to
> determine the OS:
>
> uname -s | dd conv=lcase 2>/dev/null
>
> Is your TinyLinux installation missing uname or dd?
>
> By the way, at the point that this has failed, it hasn’t started trying to
> compile any ML.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob.
>
>
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Rob Arthan <r...@lemma-one.com> wrote:
> > David,
> >
> >
> >> On 15 Dec 2014, at 22:24, David Topham <dtop...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Rob, Yes I was following the instructions in the README file and did
> ./configure, then ./install but it failed on the line in the Makefile that
> invoked PolyML.commit();
> >>
> >> I replaced that in the Makefile with:
> >> PolyML.export("mypoly",PolyML.rootFunction);
> >>
> >> ...and it ran further, but still I have been unable to compile it
> successfully all the way with other errors I haven't tracked down yet.  If
> you have time, I could keep trying, and report to you what I can't figure
> out on my own.
> >
> > I have copied this over to the ProofPower mailing list where we should
> be able to answer it for you. What version have you downloaded? In version
> 2.9.1w8, there is a spurious occurrence of PolyML.commit in src/dev.mkf,
> but it is in a variable that is no longer used and shouldn’t stop anything
> building.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rob.
> > <build.log>
>
>
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