Great, I will try to do this tomorrow. Thanks.
Bill. 2009/7/18 Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net>: > Bill Hart wrote: > >> In retrospect, I think your patch is the right way to go, and I'd have >> no issue with using a later gcc (4.3.1 or later) on T2. The most >> important thing which needs to be done is to fix the ATLAS issue, then >> someone can begin to test some of these patches you have been coming >> up with. >> >> An alternative might just be to not bother testing the patch as part >> of the review process, on t2, but only test that it doesn't break the >> build on some other (non-t2) machine. I mean, it is not like this >> patch is going to stop sage building on t2, as it doesn't build >> anyway. > > Bill, > > I updated the SPKG.txt so it's less confusing and makes it clear that no > extra checks are enabled by the updated .spkg, so it should take no longer > to build. > > I also added a bit more info at > > http://sagetrac.org/sage_trac/ticket/6453 > > which may more or less confusing - I don't know which!! > > I also changed the comment (not code) in spkg-install as what I previously > written, could have been done better. > > If you want to test it quickly, go to /tmp/kirkby/sage-4.1 and test. All > files now have write permission to anyone. > > $ chmod -R 777 kirkby > >> I'm prepared to sign off on the fact that the premise behind the patch >> is fine. If someone else will glance at the actual patch code and test >> it against an already working sage on a non-t2 machine, perhaps people >> will allow the patch to pass review without further testing. >> >> Bill. > > It's not the easiest patch to review I must admit, but it is all surrounded > by > > if [ `uname` = "SunOS" ]; then > lots of things here .... > fi > > So it will not break anything elsewhere. > > dave > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
