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- How to compile SML on the Archimedes under RISC-OS C release 3
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-
- Background
- ----------
-
- The first thing to note is that this is *tedious*, because of weird file
- layout conventions forced upon the C compiler by RISC_OS-es short
- filenames. It is however not hard, there is no fundamental change
- required for the source - only the scripts for compiling it change.
-
- Ideally, you will need implementations of the UNIX utilities
- sed, plus a port of GNU make for the Archimedes.
- Sed can be obtained from a variety of public domain libraries,
- GNU make (much better than ``amu'') can obtained (indirectly) from myself,
- or directly from the porter Paul Moore.
-
- (pmoore@cix.UUCP) or
- Archive (pmoore@cix.UUCP) or
- Archive BBS (Paul Moore, account #552) or
-
- 10, Mulberry Rise,
- Firdale Park,
- Northwich,
- Cheshire
- CW8 4UQ
-
- The Makefile also expects a C program called ``uecho'' which just
- prints its command-line arguments.
-
- If you cannot be bothered to get these don't despair - you can get by
- without. The Makefile can be editted to work with amu and you can
- hand-edit files so as to do without sed unecho etc. The hc directory
- contains ready editted files suitable for the version of the abstract
- machine interpreter current at the time of writing. See the lines
- marked ARCHY in the Makefile for details of the modifications needed to
- use this ``cheating'' route.
-
- You will probably need a 4M byte machine as otherwise you will have to
- turn off lots of compiler features to avoid it running out of memory.
-
- How to do it
- ------------
-
- 1. Obtain the source files from the info-server@uk.ac.ed.lfcs
- The archive you need is edml-fam.src
-
- If you cannot get access over JANET (or the Internet etc)
- contact
-
- Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science,
- James Clerk Maxwell Building,
- Kings Buildings,
- University of Edinburgh,
- EDINBURGH
- Great Britain
-
- 2. Get the tar archive onto your Archy!
-
- 3. Extract the files file fam.src.tar using Frank Lancaster port of
- GNU tar using U and E options to tell to read UNIX format tar files
- and transform .'s to _'s
-
- Change directory into fam_src
-
- 4. EXEC the file buildfils (in this directory) to build the kind of
- file structure Acorn's C expects.
-
- 5. Replace the original Makefile with the one in this directory.
- supplied.
-
- 6. If you lack sed get it or hack the Makefile as described in
- the Makefile. Note: Archy sed's and Makefule are not exactly
- ultra-robust. Don't be surprised if you need to mess around with
- the Makefile a little to get things working.
-
- If you lack GNU make you will need to edit the Makefile a little
- persuade Acorn's dozy amu to accept it.
-
- 7. make fam to build the abstract machine interpreter fam
-
-
- Getting SML up and working on Archy
- -----------------------------------
-
- Once ``fam'' has been compiled life is pretty easy.
- All you need now is to dump a saved state from the distributed
- system (the edml-CompilerAndLib archive from info-server@uk.ac.ed.lfcs),
- and hack up a few scripts to make sml go.
-
- A workable set-up and instructions are provided in the
- README files provided with this archive.
-
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