[OSUNIX-dev] Re: [hpcdev-discuss] Porting open64 to solaris

["C. Bergström"]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> "C. Bergström" <cbergstrom at netsyncro.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks a lot for letting me know this.. I'm not sure it's something we 
>> can send upstream, but maybe the open64 guys can make a suggestion?  I'd 
>> much rather link/use maintained code instead of the roll-your-own 
>> approach for every missing function.. Almost as soon as snv_107 was 
>>     
>
> printf() is a major problem for extended portability of software.
> Larger project groups that like to support a high portability level
> all seem to have own printf implementations in their portability frame work.
> My implementation has the advantage of being cleanly portable and without 
> being bound to stdio. In the mid 1980s when other people had problems to
> port csh because of it's own stdio-less printf() written in VAX asembler,
> it took me 10 minutes to relace the implementation by something portable ;-)
>
>   
>> tagged we started the port.  It's been a TODO item for a while and I 
>> actually have license compatible implementations of 
>> asprintf()/vasprintf()wasprintf()/wvasprintf() functions.. not to 
>> mention they were in libast iirc.. Anyway.. like I said in the other 
>> email.. I have to get a new build log so we can hunt for errors and then 
>>     
>
> my code is under CDDL.  David Korn has it's own portability world that 
> although it is different in many places is based on mainly the same
> ideas for portability.
>
> If you e.g. don't know whether a local printf() supports %j %z or %t
> you save time in the long run if you have your own printf() with you.
>
>
>   
I think h3sp4wn has made good progress..

Here's the latest build log..
http://bugs.osunix.org/secure/attachment/10009/open64-build-log-28-01-2009


I just glanced at it, but looks like Elf32_Word and friends is undefined..

../include/elf_stuff.h:57:23: warning: sys/cdefs.h: No such file or 
directory

pm me if you'd like access to the env to help or look around.

./C