On 12/12/2012 09:44 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 12.12.2012 14:56, schrieb clipka in povray.off-topic:
>
>> So now for task 2 step 1: Try to compile the most recent POV-Ray 3.7
>> development version on the Pi. I think I already have all the necessary
>> libraries installed, but we'll see...
>
> Downloaded & unpacked the original povray-3.7.0.RC6.tar.gz fresh from
> povray.org.
>
> "./compile" is considerably slower than on my x86 Linux machine (maybe
> the SD card is a bottleneck?), but seems to be happy with what it finds.
> I'm not, as I forgot to specify "--prefix=...", so I had to run it again.
>
> "make check" is a slow crawl, which again I blame on the SD card. What
> worries me a bit is that I get repeated assembler warnings like:
>
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:2148: Warning: swp{b} use is deprecated for this
> architecture
>
> I wonder what this means; for the time being I suspect this to be a flaw
> in the Raspbian distro, specifically the compiler suite.
>
> Anyway, this is going to take ages, so unless this first build already
> turns out to run like a charm, the next task is probably to hook up some
> external HD via USB and see if that speeds things up. Maybe even a USB
> stick will do.
>

must be like having christmas come a few weeks early ( a new toy to play 
with) ... have fun

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