Subj : Re: Compile fails on "weird" platforms
To   : Vince Coen
From : Sampsa Laine
Date : Sun Dec 20 2015 05:49 pm

-=> Vince Coen wrote to Sampsa Laine <=-

VC> @MSGID: <[email protected]>
VC> Hello Sampsa!

VC> Friday December 11 2015 17:10, you wrote to All:

> Guys,

> There are a couple of #ifdef's in some files that simply define
> strings for displaying the architecture and OS the MBSE instance
> is running on.

> These are sort of a pain because I have to go and manually hack
> the files to remove the #ifdefs and just define the string myself
> (running Debian/s390x on an emulated IBM z/Series Mainframe - yes,
> I'm crazy).

> Anyway, could I propose a change to these platform detecting
> #ifdefs that they fail with a warning about an unsupported/unknown
> platform but continue compiling.

> I've had no problems getting MBSE compiled and up and running on
> Debian s/390x but I have to hack the code to return a string of my
> own choosing in place of the ifdefs..


VC> What files are causing the problem and confirm what version of mbse you
VC> are now running ?

My Debian/390x is down right now because it's really unstable on Hercules
and the latest crash corrupted the disk images beyond repair.

Once I've rebuilt a SuSE (or something) z/Series box I'll get back to you.

Sampsa

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