Re: [fontforge-devel] [fontforge-users] Announcing LibSpiro - version libspiro_beta.0.3.20150131

[jb <ban...@gm...>]

Jose Da Silva wrote:
> I'm interested to know if ./configure will stop when it doesn't find hypot() 
> or finite() on your machine (without specifying ./configure CC=c99 ).
>   

Without specifying c99, one does not get far enough to find out :)

> You'll still need to use CC=c99 for your computer


Actually, there's no problem with using c99. I don't have that set as 
default but that's only because some of the stuff I build doesn't like it.

If it were a flag in the configure script or even just a mention in the 
INSTALL file, that would solve the problem fine.

The simplest fix to all these problems would be a new INSTALL file that 
described what needs to be done to build the software.  A long list of 
the "configure" switches when there is no configure is ... umm ... less 
than helpful :)

thank you


>
> Picking-up a Sun box is out of the question since I'm more interested in 
> reducing my computer gear. Adding an old computer that runs about as fast 
> as a modern smart phone is not in my plans, and today's Sun is now a part 
> of Oracle, 

Up to you of course but a monoculture is at risk for complete and utter 
meltdown when the slightest misadventure strikes. A Sun box would be the 
cheapest avenue for an independent test .... if I were a sculptor I'd 
want to be able to work in wood, stone and metal but to each his own.


> so, the current Oracle OS is based on Red Hat Linux, and their 
> CPUs are not Sparc AFAIK.

Definitely mistaken about this. Solaris is *the* Oracle tool to attack 
and conquer HP.  Red Hat Linux can not even begin to approach the 
capabilities of Solaris 11. Sparc doesn't seem to be the wave of the 
future for them but Solaris definitely is.

However, that doesn't make it a good operating system for the desktop :)