diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'misc/porting-libgtop.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | misc/porting-libgtop.txt | 81 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/misc/porting-libgtop.txt b/misc/porting-libgtop.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 62f524d9..00000000 --- a/misc/porting-libgtop.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -There are a few instructions as I write them here (I'll at this file -to CVS as well). - -First, there is a new 0.99.9 tarball. You should use this one when -porting libgtop to Solaris, it has a lot of fixes in the header files -and I just tested it with DEC OSF/1 3.2 native `cc' and BSDI 3.1; both -compiled without problems. - -The tarball is not yet on ftp.gnome.org since I want to fix the broken -DEC OSF/1 port and check whether it works with Digital Unix 3.2C this -weekend. - -Here the instructions: - -======================================================================== - -* Edit libgtop-sysdeps.m4: - - Somewhere in the GNOME_LIBGTOP_SYSDEPS macro you'll find - - freebsd*|netbsd*|openbsd*) - libgtop_sysdeps_dir=freebsd - libgtop_use_machine_h=yes - libgtop_need_server=yes - libgtop_postinstall='chgrp kmem $(bindir)/libgtop_server && chmod 2755 $(bindir)/libgtop_server' - ;; - - add something like - - solaris*) - libgtop_sysdeps_dir=solaris - libgtop_use_machine_h=yes - libgtop_need_server=yes - libgtop_postinstall='chgrp kmem $(bindir)/libgtop_server && chmod 2755 $(bindir)/libgtop_server' - ;; - - there. - - Until you port is stable, please add it to the - - if test x$hacker_mode = xyes ; then - case "$host_os" in - ... - esac - - section so this will look like - - if test x$hacker_mode = xyes ; then - case "$host_os" in - solaris*) - libgtop_sysdeps_dir=solaris - libgtop_use_machine_h=yes - libgtop_need_server=yes - libgtop_postinstall='chgrp kmem $(bindir)/libgtop_server && chmod 2755 $(bindir)/libgtop_server' - ;; - - - If you add the check there configure will only detect Solaris as a - valid system if you give it the `--enable-hacker-mode' parameter so - it doesn't matter if it does not compile or not work, it won't get - compiled for "normal" users. - -* Copy sysdeps/stub_suid to sysdeps/solaris - -* Run configure with --enable-hacker-mode and try a make, it should - compile without problems. - - If not, please let me know - in this case the `stub_suid' directory - is broken. - -* Now you can start porting LibGTop ... - -I don't know how similar Solaris and Sun4 are, but perhaps you can -use some code from my very old and broken sun4 port in sysdeps/sun4. - -========================================================================= - -If you have any more questions, feel free to ask them ... - -Happy porting, -Martin |