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From: woodward@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu (Jeff Woodward)
Subject: compiling CLX using akcl on i386
Message-ID: <1991Mar24.173424.3246@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu>
Summary: CLX wants FASLINK in akcl; akcl doesn't include FASLINK for i386
Keywords: CLX akcl i386
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Distribution: comp
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 91 17:34:24 GMT
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i am trying to port the CLX ( Common Lisp Xwindow ) system to my 386 box
which is running akcl.  ( FINALLY got the port to work  ... first had to
port gcc/gas using coff-patches; i.e. therefore used gcc to create akcl )
the os i'm using is the ESIX expression of System V Release 3.2 unix.

however, here's the rub:  in defsystem.l, the routines make use of 
FASLINK and expect it to exist in SI.  the problem, of course, is that
when akcl is genned with the mp386 defs, FASLINK isn't included ( since
it is only built if a #define BSD is set, which System V unix ain't ) 
and any attempt to load defsystem.l bombs with the appropriate error
message.       

anyone else ever tried to port CLX to a 386 running akcl?

jp woodward
univ of ill at chicago