Re: zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

William Scott <wgscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks:
> 
> I just reincarnated an SGI, fresh os install, and I compiled zsh  
> 4.2.5 on it.  It appears to have compiled (mips compiler) and  
> installed ok.  I didn't change anything in configure.  It is the  
> latest available revision of 6.5.x.
> 
> When I run it, I am unable to see or export environment variables.   

Is this any of the issues mentioned in the MACHINES file?

SGI: IRIX 6.2, 6.3, 6.5
	[Out of date.]

	Should build `out-of-the-box'.

	On 6.5.2, zsh malloc routines are reported not to work; also
	full optimization (cc -O3 -OPT:Olimit=0) causes problems.

	If using the SGI compiler, variable length arrays need to
	be turned off.  configure can work this out for itself if it
	is passed the option --enable-cflags='-LANG:vla=off -O' (combined
	with other flags if necessary).

	The zpty module is not currently supported.  This causes the
	tests starting `Y' in the Test directory to fail, even though
	the features to be tested are working.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
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