Re: sdk for older devices?

[John M. <jma...@us...>]

On Jun 16, 2005, at 22:25, Stefan Holst wrote:
> John Marshall wrote:
>> On Jun 12, 2005, at 13:37, Stefan Holst wrote:
>>> /usr/share/prc-tools/include/PalmOS.h:15: warning: #warning use  
>>> Pilot.h if you really mean to use the 3.1 SDK or earlier; you may 
>>> need  to run palmdev-prep or use a suitable -palmosX option -- see  
>>> "http://prc-tools.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/info/palmdev-prep" for  
>>> details
>> Did you read the error message?  Clearly -palmos3.5 is not a suitable 
>>  -palmosX option, because you do not have a 3.5 SDK installed.
>
> Yes, I read them. The toolchain thinks it's an old SDK (3.1 or 
> earlier).
> So I ignored the wrong warning.

I am amazed that you managed to misinterpret this warning in this way.

However, the implication that the wording should be updated is correct.

This warning was introduced at a time when the 3.5 SDK and the 
transition from Pilot.h to PalmOS.h were new, and using the wrong 
all-encompassing header was a common mistake.  It was also the time 
when palmdev-prep was introduced, and not having run that was also a 
common mistake.

But these days it seems that the common mistake is explicitly 
requesting (via -palmos3.5 and so on) the use of an SDK that one has 
not installed or perhaps even ever heard of.  This in itself is 
astonishing :-(, but to be sure there is more that this warning could 
be doing to nudge these lost souls in the right direction.

> And after I grabbed a pose binary out of a rpm (compilation works with
> tweaks but touch screen wasn't working), I finally got the toolchain
> working again. :)

Your problem is that you are not using the resources that are available 
to you.  The appropriate mailing list for pose issues (namely 
emulator-forum) has contained a workaround for this problem since 
January and a full solution for over a month.

But that is even more clearly off-topic for this mailing list.

     John