That was me...
I'll dig up my changes and send them to you.. warning tho, they were for
v0.7.1 and definatly were "messy".
(I may miss a couple too, been a while since I've looked at the code)
I got the application to compile as an dynamically linked program. (After
*quite* a bit of work). However, I gave up, when I discovered that much of
the makefile and installation didn't work, either. Its a shame that it is
fairly difficult install, as well, because Abiword looks really promising.
I haven't tried again, since 0.7.1.
**Flame on**
As far as the "Open Source" idea goes, I applaud the authors for their
efforts! But "Open Source" doesn't imply "Open Architecture" or "Universal
Code". Much polishing needs to be done to the code in order to have the
application compile on the SGI, or other unix platforms (other than linux),
by the looks of it. It appeared to me, that when I was trying to work thru
a lot of issues with Abiword as a "user", that I was on my own. The authors
were ignoring my progress reports, that I posted to this mailling list, and
likely, were probably more interested in making the code work for their
"target list" of platforms. I grew frusterated, and dropped the effort.
(Note: I was never a abi developer, never accessed their developer area,
either, maybe some Irix person was there... don't know..) Anyways, no help
was forthcoming from the Abi people.
**Flame off**
Either way, I would be interested in seeing the package on the SGI, but I
can't spend the time troubleshooting the "development" package. Nor do I
have an interest in actively developing Abiword with the AbiSource people.
It would appear that we "fringe OS" types will have to wait until AbiSource
finishes the package sufficiently, so that some industrious SGI owner will
be able to port a solid version. (Perhaps I might, but not with the code in
flux, like it is..)
heheheh, as far as "fringe OS's" goes, there is one hell of a lot of IRIX
users out there that would love to use Abiword..
I'll be monitoring the mailling list, to see if anyone actually gets
Abiword working for the SGI..
bob..
Kevin Taylor wrote:
> A few months ago, someone posted that they were having problems
> compiling abiword on IRIX. I'm having these same problems. Does anyone
> know how to fix this and get the source to compile?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ---- Quote from Bob Monaghan ----
>
> My current problem is to now have the application linkable. The code is
> compiled into object files, but the linker "yaks" because it can't
> find some system object files. For instance, the linker is looking for a
> file in the following path: /usr/lib32/mips3/nonshared/crt1.o
>
> This is fine, except that there is no such directory as "nonshared". I
> search the SGI developer docs for a "nonshared" directory, and, as
> far as I can tell, it doesn't exist. I am at a loss.. Perhaps the
> application is looking for a "static" set of object files. I will try to
> rebuild abi
> word as a "dynamically linked" application.
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------.
> Kevin Taylor \
> Systems Administrator - DAAC, Code 902, Bldg 32, Rm N126A /
> Goddard Space Flight Center \
> Greenbelt, MD 20771 /
> \
> Phone: (301) 614-5505 /
> e-mail: ktaylor@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov \
> ----------------------------------------------------------'
-- Bob Monaghan - Systems Manager Santa Barbara Studios, Inc. 300-201 N. Calle Cesar Chavez Santa Barbara, CA 93103 U.S.A.
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<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> That was me...
I'll dig up my changes and send them to you.. warning tho, they were for v0.7.1 and definatly were "messy".
(I may miss a couple too, been a while since I've looked at the code)I got the application to compile as an dynamically linked program. (After *quite* a bit of work). However, I gave up, when I discovered that much of the makefile and installation didn't work, either. Its a shame that it is fairly difficult install, as well, because Abiword looks really promising. I haven't tried again, since 0.7.1.
**Flame on**
As far as the "Open Source" idea goes, I applaud the authors for their efforts! But "Open Source" doesn't imply "Open Architecture" or "Universal Code". Much polishing needs to be done to the code in order to have the application compile on the SGI, or other unix platforms (other than linux), by the looks of it. It appeared to me, that when I was trying to work thru a lot of issues with Abiword as a "user", that I was on my own. The authors were ignoring my progress reports, that I posted to this mailling list, and likely, were probably more interested in making the code work for their "target list" of platforms. I grew frusterated, and dropped the effort. (Note: I was never a abi developer, never accessed their developer area, either, maybe some Irix person was there... don't know..) Anyways, no help was forthcoming from the Abi people.
**Flame off**Either way, I would be interested in seeing the package on the SGI, but I can't spend the time troubleshooting the "development" package. Nor do I have an interest in actively developing Abiword with the AbiSource people. It would appear that we "fringe OS" types will have to wait until AbiSource finishes the package sufficiently, so that some industrious SGI owner will be able to port a solid version. (Perhaps I might, but not with the code in flux, like it is..)
heheheh, as far as "fringe OS's" goes, there is one hell of a lot of IRIX users out there that would love to use Abiword..
I'll be monitoring the mailling list, to see if anyone actually gets Abiword working for the SGI..bob..
Kevin Taylor wrote:
A few months ago, someone posted that they were having problems
compiling abiword on IRIX. I'm having these same problems. Does anyone
know how to fix this and get the source to compile?Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
---- Quote from Bob Monaghan ----
My current problem is to now have the application linkable. The code is
compiled into object files, but the linker "yaks" because it can't
find some system object files. For instance, the linker is looking for a
file in the following path: /usr/lib32/mips3/nonshared/crt1.oThis is fine, except that there is no such directory as "nonshared". I
search the SGI developer docs for a "nonshared" directory, and, as
far as I can tell, it doesn't exist. I am at a loss.. Perhaps the
application is looking for a "static" set of object files. I will try to
rebuild abi
word as a "dynamically linked" application.-----------------------------------
--
---------------------------------------------------------.
Kevin Taylor \
Systems Administrator - DAAC, Code 902, Bldg 32, Rm N126A /
Goddard Space Flight Center \
Greenbelt, MD 20771 /
\
Phone: (301) 614-5505 /
e-mail: ktaylor@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov \
----------------------------------------------------------'-- Bob Monaghan - Systems Manager Santa Barbara Studios, Inc. 300-201 N. Calle Cesar Chavez Santa Barbara, CA 93103 U.S.A.--------------D8EB7754CE1FEB14D740A180--