pjbk@cs.hw.ac.uk (Peter King) (01/14/91)
We have just acquired a DEC Station 5000/200 RISC machine and I am trying to port TeX to it. We are running Ultrix V4.0 (RISC) and have the source for version 2.93 of TeX. web2C etc all run without error, although the C compiler generates an error message about unreached code (is that normal?) [has anyone linted the web2c version of TeX??]. The resulting code fails the trip test fairly convincingly. The trip test log file indicates 16 pages of output instead of 13 and there are numerous differences in the dvitype output. Has anyone any experience with this combination of hardware and software?? All hints greatfully received. -- Peter King, Computer Science Department JANET: pjbk@uk.ac.hw.cs Heriot-Watt University ARPA: pjbk@cs.hw.ac.uk 79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HJ or pjbk%cs.hw.ac.uk@ucl-cs Phone: (+44) 31 225 6465 Ext. 555 UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!pjbk
p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) (01/18/91)
In article <THEWALT.91Jan15082656@canuck.ce.berkeley.edu> thewalt@canuck.ce.berkeley.edu (C. Thewalt) writes: >Well, first I'd start with a more recent version of TeX if you can, >then I'd turn off optimization. Trip passed with no optimization on >my machine, and is rumored to pass with opimization using the 2.1 C >compiler. > Yes, it does pass the trip test when compiled with cc2.1 and -O. I'm going to check if it compiles correctly with gcc1.38. Regards, -- Michael van Elst UUCP: universe!local-cluster!milky-way!sol!earth!uunet!unido!mpirbn!p554mve Internet: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."