On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Vince Coen <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can ignore the "pre-beta" comments providing it compiles and both > tests pass without errors but see my comments below. > > > Go to files -> gnu-cobol -> 2.0 and grab the latest nightly file > > The other option is to use a snapshot from the current sources via > > https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/code/HEAD/tree/branches/gnu-cobol-2.0/ > > I suggest trying the former first as the later can have bugs in the check > and test systems. > > By all this I mean that you install the sources, read the notes and ensure > you have installed all of the required packages via your distro if > possible. Note that these may not be the latest but should work. > > Also download the sources for the NIST testing - again this is detailed in > the notes within tests/cobol85. > > You need to: > compile it by using > ./configure > make > make check and this should show all completed tests ran OK (ignoring any > that have been skipped). > cd tests/cobol85 > make test - again this should not show any errors when it compares the > results with the stored previously recorded results. > . > Then you are good to go. > > Takes around 10 minutes start to finish on a mid range system. > > Personally I use the report writer branch that tends not to have all the > bleeding edge code added but some users like to have them. > > > Try the nightly build first as that also seems to be stable. > > Vince > > Many thanks for the above. I have a git repository which I created with a "git svn clone" command. I finally found some posts on what _Subversion_ (not git!) commands I needed to issue in order to get the other branches checked out of Subversion and into my git repository. What a bother! Well, at least for me, since I'm used to how git works and not Subversion. I've gotten all that stuff downloaded and compiled. -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
