[OpenSTA-devel] What version to build - Was: When is Random not random?

[Daniel S. <da...@Op...>]

> if I were interested in trying to implement this, am I better
> off grabbing the 1.4.3 source and getting it built than playing
> with the CVS HEAD?

There's currently not very much different between the CVS HEAD and
the 1.4.3 source package - just bug fixes.  Use the CVS HEAD if you
can.

> I'll search the archives on the devel list about building the
> source.  I have been looking at the web page and grabbing the
> various 3rd party libraries, but it seems like some are
> unaccessible (CodeMax?).

CodeMax is the only you should really have a problem with, and I'll
make sure you can get a copy of that.

I hope by "Web site" you are referring to the 2 pages in the Wiki,
starting with this one:
  http://portal.opensta.org/faq.php?topic=BuildingPrerequisites
That is the most current info.

I have updates that I have yet to commit that completely remove use
of STLport - with some pretty amazing speed improvements.  I am
contemplating commiting these to a branch - at least the changes
that only work with no STLport, the ones that work both ways I'll
commit to the HEAD as they are harmless.  I'll keep interested
parties informed of what I'm up to using this mailing list.  Building
without STLport simplifies things because you can just use the
pre-built OmniORB, etc.  It seems to be the way forward for many
reasons ...

I'm fairly confident that using the latest Platform SDK (Server 2003
sp1) works fine - so go-ahead and use that, I intend to for the 1.4.4
release.

> Do I need all of them to build a patch for this, or do I just need
> to build the CyrVDK011 DLL?

If you want to build just the DLL (or whatever you're interested in)
to use with the 1.4.3 release, then you really ought to duplicate the
exact build environment for that release - otherwise you might get
something that works, or you might get unpredictable errors.  Much
safer to build yourself a complete toolset and installation using
whatever build environment you come up with.

Hope this helps,
/dan
-- 
Daniel Sutcliffe <Da...@Op...>
  OpenSTA part-time caretaker - http://OpenSTA.org/