eco@ece-csc.UUCP (ECO) (03/15/89)
Hi. I'm trying to install TeX 2.95 on an IBM RT running AIX 2.2.1 (Sys 5).
During the execution of the line:
../texware/tangle tex.web ctex.ch
I get the error:
! Value too big: 2550000. (1.3151)
It appears (although I could be wrong) that this line in tex.web is the culprit:
@d eject_penalty=-inf_penalty {``negatively infinite'' penalty value}
I'm not compiling with the BIG patch. Any comments, hints, suggestions,
solutions would be GREATLY appreciated!
Amy Johnson (johnson%eceugs@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu)
Engineering Computer Operations
North Carolina State Universityehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) (03/16/89)
In article <3953@ece-csc.UUCP>, eco@ece-csc (ECO) writes: > >Hi. I'm trying to install TeX 2.95 on an IBM RT running AIX 2.2.1 (Sys 5). >During the execution of the line: > > ../texware/tangle tex.web ctex.ch > >I get the error: > > ! Value too big: 2550000. (1.3151) > >It appears (although I could be wrong) that this line in tex.web is the culprit: > > @d eject_penalty=-inf_penalty {``negatively infinite'' penalty value} > >I'm not compiling with the BIG patch. Any comments, hints, suggestions, >solutions would be GREATLY appreciated! > > Amy Johnson (johnson%eceugs@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu) > Engineering Computer Operations > North Carolina State University As we do not use AIX here this may not be very useful. But if the C compiler under AIX is the MetaWare High-C compiler as it is under AOS then the following might help. Insert the following stuff at the begining of tex82/site.h and the recompile everything. It seems that the High-C compiler has a strange concept of reality as viewed by most other C compilers in the world. /* * Totally gross and disgusting hack to get around High-C on an IBM RT * treating `char' differently than most other compilers. Along with * assorted other things. */ #if defined(__HIGHC__) && defined(ibm032) pragma Off(Char_default_unsigned); pragma On(Char_is_rep); pragma On(Parm_warnings); pragma On(Pointers_compatible); pragma On(Pointers_compatible_with_ints); #endif /* defined(__HIGHC__) */ These were neccessary to get TeX to compile and pass the Trip test on an IBM RT 6152 under AOS 4.3 Release 2. Also, under AOS version 2.1 of the High-C compiler is very brain damaged and we always use the previous release, version 1.4. -- Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu> | Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are The Pennsylvania State University | my own, and should not be attributed Department of Computer Science | to anyone else, living or dead. University Park, PA 16802 |