[sage-devel] Re: An update of 'prereq' needs review

2009-09-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
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. * Infor

[sage-devel] Re: An update of 'prereq' needs review

2009-09-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
John Cremona wrote: >> However, perhaps things might change in the Winter. I have run an old >> Sun in the garage just to raise the temperature a bit to stop the water >> freezing! I guess I could use the IBM or HP machine to do the same this > > I think that is brilliant. I'm glad you like it

[sage-devel] Re: An update of 'prereq' needs review

2009-09-27 Thread John Cremona
> > However, perhaps things might change in the Winter. I have run an old > Sun in the garage just to raise the temperature a bit to stop the water > freezing! I guess I could use the IBM or HP machine to do the same this I think that is brilliant. Perhaps you should tell Sun about that -- they

[sage-devel] Re: An update of 'prereq' needs review

2009-09-27 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Minh Nguyen wrote: > Hi David, > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:12 PM, 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. > > Has anyone ever told you that you're a portability and shell scripting > guru? From the

[sage-devel] Re: An update of 'prereq' needs review

2009-09-26 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi David, On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:12 PM, 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. Has anyone ever told you that you're a portability and shell scripting guru? From the top of my head, I recall that peo