Re: Compile on linux

["Douglas Gould" <gould@nortelnetworks.com>]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one here.  I tried building on linux
last week but havn't been very successful.

vincent ribiere wrote:

3) Do you have any general tips/recommendations when compiling/using OpenVXI on Linux ?
    Did you compile/test OpenVXI on Linux ?
    I encountered the following issues so far:
    - The fix_makefile_ref.pl does not exist. Should I use fix_js_make.pl ?
    - Most Makefile.unix files are empty in ./browser/src (I see that ./browser/src/tel is not).
    Is it intentional ? If not where can I get the makefiles ?

Look closely at the .../browser/doc/build.html to get SpiderMonkey compiled. 
I seem to recall adding JS_THREADSAFE = 1 to .../JavaScriptEngine/SpiderMonkey/js/src/config/Linux_All.mk
and correcting the paths in Makefile.ref to point to the real location
of the nbsp libs and includes.

Pretty much all the Makefile.unix files were empty in the distributon I picked up. There is a configure script (.../browser/src/configure).  I had to do the following to get the Makefiles generated:

1. Delete .../browser/src/config.cache
2. create a .../browser/src/install-sh ( mine does a exit 0 at this point )
3. run configure

After running configure there will be Makefiles in all the src directories. 
Actual compilation is where my real problems began.  Good luck on
getting something useful compiled. See the quotation from ".../browser/doc/build.html"
> Note: The Linux build system is currently under development. A nice automake/autoconf
> will be coming soon. Until then the procedure below MAY work.

I've put my efforts on hold for the present.
 

Cheers,

Doug

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