Re: Shared libraries

[William Ahern <william@...>]

On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:27:43AM -0300, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> > I believe the reason why the Lua team doesn't want to "fix" the default
> > Makefile is because it's already a hassle just to maintain the existing
> > rules.
> 
> Althuough this is not the reason for not supporting shared libraries,
> it is a hassle to maintain the existing Makefile rules. 
> 
> The supported platforms are:
>    aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
> 
> Of those, we don't have ready access to these:
> 	aix bsd freebsd solaris
> and so the corresponding Makefile rules may not be up to date or optimal.

I recently opened an account with polarhome.com, a free service which
provides shell access to several platforms*, including AIX and Solaris.

Normally to acquire shell access you need to first send a form by postal
mail with $10 in local currency enclosed. It's a way to deter abuse. I spoke
with the owner and he'd be happy to enable shell access for the Lua
maintainers without the pro forma mailing.

Create template accounts for the relevant systems, fill out the shell access
form, and send it to him directly via e-mail.

Unfortunately, the AIX system only has GCC and not IBM's XLC, as I found out
when compiling Lua. Still, it seems quite useful.

- Bill


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