We do not need to convert any xml scripts or any java source code as
these can be handled in ASCII format by Ant and javac. The only files
that need to be converted into EBCDIC are the c/c++ source code and
makefiles. IMHO it is not worth maintaining a full set of EBCDIC source
files just to support z/OS - I personally just use a very basic perl
script that recursively converts all the c source/makefiles into EBCDIC
and leaves the files that do not need conversion alone. It's not a
perfect solution, but it's quick and fairly pain free :)
Regards,
Oliver
Spark Shen wrote:
To build on z/OS, do we need also to convert build script such as build.xmland
defines.mk etc. into z/OS specific encoding - EBCDIC?
If that's the case, do we need to maintain a separate build script set for
z/OS?
Whether these z/OS specific build scripts readable on other platform?
2007/11/1, Oliver Deakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi all,
I've been working away on ports to PPC Linux 32/64 and z/OS 31/64 for
some time now and thought it was about time I sent an update to the list
on my progress.
On Linux PPC I have run the Harmony tests using a specially made J9 VME.
32 bit completes with a >99% pass rate and 64bit completes with a >96%
pass rate. The vast majority of the failures are in the swing and awt
modules, which is probably caused by machine setup and possibly also
some missing tweaks here and there to the native code port for those
modules. Most of the code changes for this port are already checked into
Harmony SVN.
The z/OS porting work is ongoing. You may have noticed from the build
break yesterday that I am starting to check in some changes to makefiles
;) Im planning to trickle in further z/OS specific code/build system
changes over the coming weeks. As far as progress goes, I am able (again
with a specially made J9 VME) to run simple classes and I am getting to
the point where I can run small sections of the Harmony tests, although
a problem with file reading is currently preventing me from running the
whole suite.
fyi the new platform architecture strings (os.arch) for z/OS 31 and 64
bit are s390 and s390x respectively. There are some special build
instructions for z/OS which I will put up either on the wiki or the
website when I get closer to completing the port. For now there are
still numerous changes to be made to the Harmony codebase before it will
be buildable on zSeries.
Regards,
Oliver
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