Re: X11 Geomview on a DEC Alpha

[slevy]

Hm.  I just tried the current version on a DEC Alpha running 
	DEC OSF/1 V1.3 (Rev. 111); Tue Feb 01 15:50:32 EST 1994 
both with COPTS = -g and with COPTS = -O, and it compiles and runs fine.

One thing occurs to me.  Could you have run out of disk space (e.g. on
/tmp or on the filesystem where the geomview source is) during the compilation?
Ideally the compiler should report that as an error, but it might just crash.

You can find two things up for anonymous FTP from geom.umn.edu
under "priv/slevy" :

    940313.geomview-src.tar.Z  -- exactly the version that I just compiled
	    and ran on the Alpha (except for setting local pathnames in
	    mk.site.default, and setting ``MKFILEDIR = .'' in Makedefs.global)
    940313.alpha-binaries.tar.Z -- (only) the resulting binaries, i.e.
		the contents of bin/sun4/* and modules/sun4/*,
		compiled with COPTS = -O -g3.

Let me know when you've grabbed them (or if you're not going to), as I
may delete them after while.
  Stuart

P.S.  Note that "MAKEFILES" in Makedefs.global was renamed "MKFILEDIR".
Just set MKFILEDIR = .  rather than MAKEFILES = . in Makedefs.global.

> From boccio at cc.swarthmore.edu Sun Mar 13 20:23:19 1994
> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:23:09 -0500
> To: slevy at geom
> From: boccio at cc.swarthmore.edu (John Boccio)
> Subject: Re:  X11 Geomview on a DEC Alpha
> Cc: boccio at cc.swarthmore.edu
> 
> >Hi.  We compiled it (a slightly earlier version) on a borrowed account on
> >a DEC Alpha.  We didn't compile with optimization, though; it's possible
> >that their optimizer has a hard time with some construct there.
> >The "core dumped" message seems to be saying that the DEC C compiler aborted.
> >It's hard to guess what's actually wrong, short of slicing up the file
> >and compiling each piece.  I'll try that when I get a chance.
> >
> >As a workaround, you might try changing ``COPTS = -O'' to ``COPTS = -g'' in
> >.../Geomview/makefiles/Makedefs.global and seeing whether the compile finishes.
> 
> I tried this. I get the same error.
> 
> >
> >Alternatively you could try compiling just the errant file with:
> >   cd .../Geomview/src/bin/geomview/x11/O.sun4
> >   make COPTS=-g comm.o
> >and, if that works, compile normally thereafter.
> 
> I tried this. I get the same error.
> 
> >Let us know how it goes.
> >
> >  - Stuart
> 
> You said that you compiled a slightly earlier version. Did anyone compile
> this version yet? What version of OSF/1 are you running?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> John Boccio
> boccio at cc.swarthmore.edu