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: <5676E6EC.1627.mbse@b4bbs.com>
 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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