Does sage compile on anything but linux on itanium systems? But I agree that, if the code is itanium linux-specific, then it must be wrapped into
#if defined(__linux__) && ( defined(__ia64__) // itanium linux specific #endif About the "readline on itanium" patch, wtf is going on? That patch is just some random kludgery. Is http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/488 the corresponding ticket? It doesn't even say what the bug is. There is a sensible discussion on the python bugtracker of something that sounds very related, see http://bugs.python.org/issue1204. There, you can find an analysis of what went wrong and a correct fix that has, moreover, long been incorporated into python. The correct fix is very much different from what the sage patch mucks around with.... Volker -- 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
