stk/COMPILING-HINTS

This File contains a set of hints for compiling STk and the things
which have been reported about installation of STk. This file is very 
incomplete and I hope to be able to make it growing.

If you experience a new port or confirm/infirm/add informations which are 
specified here please send a mail to 'eg@unice.fr' (there is a blank form 
at the end of this file)

If you succeed in compiling STk on an architecture for which there is no 
binary release, please read the file BINARY_DISTRIB


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SunOs 4.1.x
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Compilation:
	CC=gcc
	CFLAGS=-O2

X11:
	R5 and R6 

Dynamic loading:
	I was not able to make a version using dynamic loading and the gnu 
	loader. If your version of gcc use gld, you'll have probably to use the
	--disable-dynload option during configuration. (Note: I said probably 
	since a lot of things don't work on this system which has a gcc with
	gld. Everything seems very poorly installed on this system)

	No problem with gcc and Sun ld.
Who:
	Erick Gallesio (eg@unice.fr)
Tested:
	Yes :)

Remarks:
	The main system used for developping STk

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SunOs 5.3
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Compilation:
	CC=gcc
	CFLAGS=-O2
X11:
	OpenWindows

Dynamic loading:
	Should work. At least it seems to be conform to documentation :->
	Must be 
Who:
	Erick Gallesio (eg@unice.fr)

Tested:
	just make widget-demo

Remarks:
	Some people have reported that they use dynamic loading but I can 
	remember who (and it was on 2.1).

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Linux 1.0.9 -> 2.0.0
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Compilation:
	CC=gcc
	CFLAGS=-O2
X11:
	XFree3.1.2

Dynamic loading:
	Dynamic loading is supported for DLD and ELF. (however DLD hqs not 
	been tested since a long time, I'm not sure it continues to work).
	The configure script try to figure what type of dynamic loading
	works for you and enable dynamic loading by default. With recent
	kernels, it will probably be ELF.

Who:
	Erick Gallesio (eg@unice.fr)

Tested:
	yes

Remarks:
	The other system used for developping STk.

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DEC Alpha OSF1 V2.0
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Compilation:
	CC=cc 		Dont't use gcc 2.6 !!!!!!
	CFLAGS=-O2
X11:
	X11 R5

Dynamic loading:
	Erik Ostrom <eostrom@radon.ccs.neu.edu> told me to use ld for 
	makeing the .so file. I quote him below:
	"If SH_LOADER is "ld", you get a huge warning about all the 
	 undefined symbols; but if it's "cc", ld just won't make the
	 .so file.  I assume there's a way to get better results, but
	 this at least produced a working system."

Who:
	Erick Gallesio (eg@unice.fr)

Tested:
	Not a lot. Only the widget demo and some bignum tests.
	No more core dump on undefined variable

Remarks:
	Don't use gcc. STk worked with gcc prior 2.6. It doesn't work anymore
with this version  of gcc. I have not investigated a lot with it but it seems
that gcc 2.6 is unable to compile the bignum stuff (it yields warning during
compilation whereas tthe code seems correct). Tests includes in the GMP
packages dont pass anymore. Consequently, all computation
which involve a bignum will be false (and could sometimes conduct to a core
dump).

	I don't use this system. 
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Dec 5xxx Ultix 4.2
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Compilation:
	CC=gcc
	CFLAGS=-O2
X11:
	X11 R5

Dynamic loading:
	Not supported

Who:
	Erick Gallesio (eg@unice.fr)	

Tested:
	Widget demo work.

Remarks:
	I don't use this sytem. 

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HP 9000/735 (HP-UX 9.01)
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Compilation:
	CC=cc
	CFLAGS='-Ae -O'

X11:
	????

Dynamic loading:
	Dynamic loading is supported (support is due to Dipankar Gupta 
	<dg@hplb.hpl.hp.com>). This support has been sent to me as a patch 
	file over 2.1. It must be extended for newer versions (the only file
	to modify is Src/dynload.c). Furthermore, options needed for 
	compilation dosen't seems clear for me. I have guessed some of them
	but I may be wrong.
Who:
	ottl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de

Tested:
	Widget demo only (I think)

Remarks:
	Other people have reported that STk work on HP. I don't know if they 
	have used it a lot. Every info is welcome.

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SCO
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Compilation:
	???

X11:
	???

Dynamic loading:
	???

Who:
	markd@grizzly.com

Tested:
	???

Remarks:

Use ptar (pax tar) to untar the distribution rather than standard tar. It
seems that the standard tar doesn't handle correctly symbolic links. 

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NetBSD 1.0
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Compilation:
	???
X11:
	XFree ????

Dynamic loading:
	Yes. Contribution of Franke Ruediger (Ruediger.Franke@rz.tu-ilmenau.de) 

Who:
 	Franke Ruediger 	

Tested:
	???
	
Remarks:
	????

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SGI Irix 5.3
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Compilation:
	CC=gcc CFLAGS=-O2
X11:
	X11R6

Dynamic loading:
	Dynamic loading is supported

Who:
	tiemann@cygnus.com

Tested:
	compiled, ran all demos (stk and stklos)

Remarks:

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A new system (Mail this form to eg@unice.fr if you have made a new port)
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Compilation:
	Indicate here the values of CC and CFLAGS you used
X11:
	Indicate here the X11 version you used

Dynamic loading:
	Indicate here if dynamic loading is supported and all info that seems
	necessary for loading a file in a running interpreter.

Who:
	your email or "Anonymous" if you don't want to bother yourself
	with that anymore.

Tested:
	How much you have tested STk (just compiled it, tested only the 
	demos, ...)

Remarks:
	Everythink you think is relevant.