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- From: rao@moose.cccs.umn.edu (Rao Akella)
- Subject: XCHESS compilation problems.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.011723.13859@news2.cis.umn.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:17:23 GMT
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- A couple of days back, I announced that I was making Gnu Xchess available for
- anonymous ftp from my site. Since then, I have received e-mail from at least
- one person informing me that BUILD.COM is unable to compile Xchess, bombing
- while compiling scrolltext.c.
-
- Much to my shock and horror and dismay, I was able to duplicate the problem.
- The reason for the compilation errors is that the definition of caddr_t is
- missing from 3 files: scrolltext.c, xlookassoc.c and xmakeassoc.c.
-
- I have since fixed the problem, and a debugged version of Gnu Xchess version 2
- for VMS workstations running DECwindows or Motif is now available via anonymous
- ftp from moose.cccs.umn.edu [128.101.133.53]. If you experienced any problems
- building Xchess the last time, I request you to obtain the latest version and
- try again. The file to get is XCHESS.VMS_SHARE. This is a text file, so you
- can GET it in ASCII mode.
-
- This file is a VMS-SHARE package of 85 XCHESS source files. To unpack it, use
- ftp to GET a local copy of the file; then, at your VMS $ prompt, do:
- $ @XCHESS.VMS_SHARE
- This will split this share file into its component files.
-
- To build Xchess, at the VMS $ prompt, do:
- $ @BUILD
- This will execute the command procedure BUILD.COM to compile and link Xchess
- (you'll need a C compiler). When it's done:
- $ RUN XCHESS
-
- I apologize humbly for any pain/anguish/frustration/anger/puzzlement/distress
- you may have experienced as a result of my carelessness. I obtained my copy
- about 1.5 years back, and it compiled and linked perfectly then ("I swear I
- haven't changed a thing!" :-) but that was a few VMS upgrades ago. I don't
- have the faintest idea why this problem cropped up now, but computers move in
- mysterious ways their wonders to perform, and I blame it all on software rot.
- However, I did make damn sure that the blasted source compiles properly this
- time (I sat there and glared at it until it meekly finished building).
-
- My abject apologies again for my carelessness and for not confirming that the
- product worked as advertised. Please get the source and try again. It's neat!
-
- -- Rao Akella <rao@moose.cccs.umn.edu, rao%moose@umnacvx.bitnet>
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