Re: [PATCH] libffi 3.2.1 on Tru64 5.1B

[Jay <jay.krell@cornell.edu>]

Fwiw, I had those systems up & running fairly recently -- getting newer (4.x) gcc working is quite possible. OSF /1 I got through gcc make check. I didn't necessarily build libffi. Fun stuff. :)


That is, don't be dismayed by your gcc 2.9/3.3. 


 - Jay

On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> wrote:

> The attached patch makes libffi compile on Tru64 5.1B.  Without it,
> the compilation stops on this in src/alpha/osf.S:
> 
> #error "osf.S out of sync with ffi.h"
> 
> Since "make check" requires dejagnu but I don't have it, I tried
> the "puts" example from http://www.atmark-techno.com/~yashi/libffi.html, and it worked.
> 
> (It would be good to have some trivial test suite that works
> without dejagnu...)
> 
> Compiled with the ancient gcc 2.9 the system has.
> 
> The patch simply removes the check of FFI_TYPE_LAST being 14 or FFI_TYPE_POINTER.  Not necessarily the most correct thing to do,
> but hey.
> 
> I have also access to an IRIX 6.5 box, but there the situation
> seems to be more dire.  (gcc 3.3, FWIW.)
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