* Nicolas Calimet wrote:

> The build system has been completely rewritten for POV-Ray 3.6, and
> while it has been tested on various platforms, it may fail on your
> particular system. If this is the case, please report the problem(s)
> in this thread only.

Since some don't have the required vsnprintf(), maybe a solution is to
check for that and include the version shipped with mutt (www.mutt.org)?
Note that I didn't check any licensing issues nor wether mutt's version
is sufficient. It's just an idea and seem to much work to support older
systems...

  bye, Rocco

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Build successfully on my SunServers 5 / NetBSD 1.6 (Sparc) without X 
support.

Bye

Laurent

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In article <web.40ea6218e60bfa21e5987fa60@news.povray.org> , "destroyedlolo"
<l_f### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

> Ok, there is no way to remove them (like using casting) ?

It ius a warning that informs the compiler user about legal code that may
however be a mistake in particular when said code is written by a novice.
There is no defect in the code whatsoever.  There is no reason clutter the
code with useless casts just to slience a compiler warning.  Tunring the
warning off is the only correct solution if you are not interested in said
warning -- and for the POV-ray source code you are not intested in it.

    Thorsten

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> Under HP-UX 10.20 (I know, it's quite obsolete), the compilation fails due
> to lack of vsnprintf() :-(

	Can you please provide the information that configure outputs in
the "Environment" section ?
(specifically the line saying: "checking host system type")

	Also I'd like to know what is the C++ compiler and its version
(a line that typically looks like: "checking for g++ version... 3.4.1")

	It'd be nice if you can report the same for the platform on
which build was sucessfull (SunServers 5 / NetBSD 1.6 (Sparc)).

	Thanks !
	- NC

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>   Darwin-PPC (MacOS-X)
>   Linux-ix86
>   FreeBSD-ix86
>   NetBSD-ix86
>   Solaris-5.9-ix86
> (Nicolas: maybe I could run some checks for you on these boxes. 
> I forgot that in my previous answer; but I doubt I can test cross-compiling 
> using these.)

	Did you manage/find the time to test the source distro on those
platforms ?  The last two in particular (the others were already tested).

	- NC

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Nicolas Calimet wrote:

OK, for the SS45 under NetBSD :

>     Can you please provide the information that configure outputs in
> the "Environment" section ?
> (specifically the line saying: "checking host system type")

configure:1724: checking host system type
configure:1738: result: sparc-unknown-netbsdelf1.6

> 
>     Also I'd like to know what is the C++ compiler and its version
> (a line that typically looks like: "checking for g++ version... 3.4.1")

gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release) (NetBSD nb3)

I'll post HP-UX one on monday.

Bye

Laurent

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Nicolas Calimet wrote:

>>   Darwin-PPC (MacOS-X)
>>   Linux-ix86
>>   FreeBSD-ix86
>>   NetBSD-ix86
>>   Solaris-5.9-ix86
>> (Nicolas: maybe I could run some checks for you on these boxes.
>> I forgot that in my previous answer; but I doubt I can test
>> cross-compiling using these.)
> 
> Did you manage/find the time to test the source distro on those
> platforms ?  The last two in particular (the others were already tested).
> 
Well, my time is VERY limited in the next two weeks and I can do such 
things only on the weekend. 

I'll post to p.unix when done. 

Wolfgang

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Wolfgang Wieser wrote:
> Nicolas Calimet wrote:
>> Did you manage/find the time to test the source distro on those
>> platforms ?  The last two in particular (the others were already tested).
>> 
> I'll post to p.unix when done.
> 
...and unfortunately these boxes are currenetly not accessible by me. 
(Seem to be down somehow.)

Wolfgang

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Nicolas Calimet wrote:
> A beta version of the source distribution of POV-Ray 3.6 for UNIX is
> now available for download.  The source archive can be obtained
> in two formats depending on the compression method (tarball compressed
> with either GNU gzip or the bzip2 utility):
> 
It would be useful to add a working "make check" target ala: 

---<Makefile.am>---
check: path/to/povray
        path/to/povray ...
--------------------

which would use the just-compiled povray and render a fairly fast test 
scene (<1 minute) to a 320x240 PNG file (or similar). 

Wolfgang

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Ok, results for my HP-UX box :

configure:1724: checking host system type
configure:1738: result: hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20

and for GCC :

g++ (GCC) 3.3 (TWW)

Hoping this can help.

Bye

Laurent

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