Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > I've created an update of prereq from 0.3 to 0.4 which does the > preliminary checks of the Sage build. > > http://sagetrac.org/sage_trac/ticket/7021
I've updated that again, taking into account some comments. * Check's for the program 'ar' as that is needed. * Inform a user there is no support for Cygwin, but there is active work to support Cygwin. * More complex testing of the compiler version, and what it does. This should help anyone wishing to fix ratpoints, without risking allowing anyone to mess up their build, unless they are blind! i) Exits with a message gcc is too old if the gcc version is below 3.4.0 ii) Exits with a message the compiler is too buggy, if the gcc version is 4.0.0 iii) Warns the user that gcc will not build Sage, but allows the build to continue for gcc 3.4.x. This will allow ratpoints to be debugged, without allowing a casual user to build with a gcc 3.4.x by mistake. iv) Allows the build to continue if gcc is version 4.0.1 or later. * Credits William with writing the version 0.3 of prereq. * No longer checks for 'xtar' - it was a leftover by mistake. * No longer checks if the linker is the GNU linker or not. My check was not reliable and I'll wait until I have something better before adding that. * Makes the message about using the latest XCode on Darwin a bit more obvious - before it could easily have been missed. Please download and test from http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/kirkby/Solaris-fixes/prereq-0.4/ rather than the attachments to the ticket. I've added Minh as an author, as he tidied up quite a bit. Unfortunately that means he cant review it, but I hope someone else will. This really has the potential to find lots of bugs in Sage, so I'd like to see it in asap, though I think I've missed any chance for 4.1.2. Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
