[PPL-devel] PPL uses m4 option --prefix-builtins - Not available on non GNU systems

[Roberto Bagnara]

Tobias Grosser wrote:
> thanks for your fast reaction. The m4 detection works great.
> PPL 0.10.1pre4 compiles on x68 FreeBSD current without any modification

Hi Tobias,

thanks for testing it.

> The only thing I saw is a little warning:
> 
> ../../src/ppl.hh:75993:9: warning: undefining "__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS"
> 
> for these lines:
> 
> src/ppl.h:
> 
> 75992 #ifdef __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> 75993 # undef __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> 75994 #endif
> 75995 #ifdef PPL_SAVE_STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> 75996 # define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS PPL_SAVE_STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> 75997 # undef PPL_SAVE_STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
> 75998 #endif

This was a bug (now fixed) in GCC: see
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34859

> I also saw ppl 0.9 in the FreeBSD ports/package tree. I will update is
> as soon as ppl 0.10.1 is released. 

Great, thanks.

> I also tried to run "make check" and it seems to have some problems.
> 
> It fails with:
> [...]
> gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/home/Tobi/ppl-0.10.1pre4/tests/Box'
> ./run_tests
> ****************************  rt_r_oc  ****************************
> make: don't know how to make w. Stop
> gmake[3]: *** [run_tests.stamp] Error 1
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/Tobi/ppl-0.10.1pre4/tests/Box'
> gmake[2]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/Tobi/ppl-0.10.1pre4/tests/Box'
> gmake[1]: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/home/Tobi/ppl-0.10.1pre4/tests'
> gmake: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> At the moment I have no idea where the "w" comes from. But I will look a
> little bit more into it.

Very strange.  Please let us know if you find what happens.

> Best regards from the foggy Austin

Enjoy ;-)
Cheers,

    Roberto

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Prof. Roberto Bagnara
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Department of Mathematics, University of Parma, Italy
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