[Queue-developers] Old notes on GQ on Tru64

[Werner G. K. <wer...@ya...>]

Here are some old notes on 1.12.8 GNU Queue and Tru64:

cscarpelli <csc...@us...> wrote:

[...]

> I found some compilation problems, related to gcc
> (I use DEC ANSI C compiler), that were easy to
> fix. A message on the GNU Queue mailing list
> reports a similar problem with the Sun C compiler.
>
> The problems are related to the following issues :
>
> 1) DEC ANSI C compiler doesn't understand the -MD
> option.
>

Autoconf/automake are definitely not going to be compatible with Tru64,
nor the Makefiles generate by them. You'll need to generate your own
makefile.

>
> 2) some strings in the C code contain a newline
> character, which, as far as I know, is an ANSI C
> violation that gcc tolerates.
>

[Which 1.30.1 or even earlier should have fixed.)
...



<tgi...@ma...> writes:

> >* List: que...@bo...
> >
> >
> >I've compiled queue-1.12.8 just fine on Tru64 4.0F.  (There seems to be
> >some issue with the BROKEN_TERMIOS_VMIN flag setting correctly, you can
> >check the archives for this; in any event, it won't cause compliation
> >errors.)  I can send you the queue and queued binaries if you want.  What
> >version of Unix and Queue are you using?
> >
> >I'd suggest that you focus on getting a current version of gcc to run,
> >which tends to solve a lot of problems.  Also gmake.  If you're having
> >trouble installing gcc, it may point to other problems with your system.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >Tavis
>
>
> Hi Tavis,
>
>   As you've probably seen from my updated post to queue-tips, I'm
> running TRU64 V5.0. I've patched it (there were a couple of C
> compiler bugs Compaq fixed) but still have been unable to get queue
> to compile. I suspect the C compiler is still buggy, but it's only
> suspicion, no proof. But I believe that's why gcc won't compile
> either.
>
>   However, I can't rule out that I'm missing something, or that the
> added security stuff in V5.0 isn't causing problems. I don't know if
> the queue and queued binaries will run under 5.0 after being compiled
> under 4.0F, but I'm willing to find out. If you are still willing,
> please tar them or gzip them and send them to the above e-mail
> address. I'll see what happens from there.
>
> Thanks, and best wishes,
>
> Tom Gilbert
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