On Wed, 11 May 2011 00:10:29 +1200 Francois Bissey <francois.bis...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> > On Sun, 08 May 2011 07:06:03 +1200 > > > > Francois Bissey <francois.bis...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 07 May 2011 21:15:11 +1200 > > > > > > > > Francois Bissey <francois.bis...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > > > > > > Removing the sse2 use flag makes the gf2x build crash. > > > > > > Should NTL depend on gf2x conditionally? > > > > <snip log exchange> > > > > > I see the kind of problem in configure. It will be a problem > > > if we want to create binaries for older machines. It is > > > definitely a bug. That raise the question of useflags do we give > > > people some choices before they start? > > > > We should make sure the packages build with different use flags. > > They provide great flexibility. In this case, they could just > > replace the SAGE_FAT_BINARY environment variable. > > > > I don't know how/when to let the user configure use flags. I only > > set sse2 by default because gf2x didn't build otherwise. :) I would > > expect this to be done by some autodetect script in the future, but > > for now, we can make the install script work in two stages. First > > sets up portage proper, the next stage installs the rest which > > would include packages that might be affected by the optimization > > flags. > > > > I will introduce functions for these stages in install.sh and allow > > them to be run individually with command line arguments. > > > OK, I am sorry I haven't provided you with a fix yet. Things are a > bit hectic again for me at the moment. Hopefully I'll have a nice > quiet spot on Thursday. No worries. We also haven't faced any of the bigger outstanding issues, like relocating the tree or setting up packages in an "easy to patch/developer friendly" way. There really is no hurry to fix this. :) Cheers, Burcin -- 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
