From: sw@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Wolfgang STEGER) Subject: Re: Compiling XV; general porting problems Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 06:28:56 GMT
Clint Jeffery (cjeffery@optima.cs.arizona.edu) wrote:
> From article <1993Apr14.200018.21295@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, by mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus):
> > I'm trying to compile xv 2.21 under Linux 0.99.6. gcc can make the
> > libjpeg.a just fine, but it runs out of memory and dumps when I attempt
> > to make libtiff.a. Since I have 12M RAM and a 10M swap partition, this
> > must either be a gcc bug or bad options.
> When I compiled it under 0.99.7A on a 16MB 486/33, the machine appeared
> to "hang" while compiling files for libtiff.a. Under X, the mouse no
> longer moved; outside X, I could still switch consoles, but could not
> type anything at any of them. This has to be more than just gcc or
> bad options. Had to hard-reset to reboot.
> Fortunately, I didn't really need tiff support, so I just commented it
> out of the makefile and went on my merry way... ;-)
> --
> Clint Jeffery - cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu
I don't have the source at hand here at work, but it was only one file
in the tiff library - I think one of the CCITT support files.
I just had to wait for it to compile - took about 15 to 20 min. on a
486 DX2/50 with 8 MB RAM and 16 MB swap, linux 0.99.6, gcc 2.3.3.
Don't forget to arrange to build libtiff.a with -traditional option.
Otherwise xv compiled cleanly out of the box.