diff --git a/README b/README index f114547..0bd73e3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,23 +1,40 @@ -Syn68k has not been actively worked on since about 1995. A few -mods have been made here and there to keep up with changes in gcc. +Syn68k has not been actively worked on since about 1995. A few mods +have been made here and there to keep up with changes in gcc. My email address is still , although ARDI itself is defunct. I get a ridiculous amount of spam and will quite possibly not see email addressed to me. For a few years I've been meaning to verify that the code builds, -write a little documentation, explain a little history, maybe even -set up a mailing list for people, etc... but other things have always +write a little documentation, explain a little history, maybe even set +up a mailing list for people, etc... but other things have always taken precedence. I have just made some mods so that Syn68k will compile on a Fedora 9 -i386 system. I haven't yet tested it against anywhere else, nor have -I verified that what is created will actually work with Executor. +i386 system (gcc 4.3.0-8). Unfortunately the resultant libsyn68k.a +does not work with Executor. If I build gcc 4.1.2 from scratch and +use that to compile syn68k. I can then use Executor (whether it's +built using 4.1.2 or 4.3.0). -To compile it, try +I will try building a stock gcc 4.2.4 to see if syn68k built with that +works. If it does, I'll try a stock 4.3.3 and see if that works, etc. + +Once I know which version of gcc is the earliest to kill syn68k, I'll +look at the release notes and see if that gives me a hint as to what +is going wrong. + +To compile syn68k, try ./autogen.sh ./configure make + make install -June 1st, 2009 +or if you want to use a non-standard gcc, try something like + + ./autogen.sh + CC=/usr/gcc412/bin/gcc CC_FOR_BUILD=/usr/gcc412/bin/gcc ./configure + make + make install + +June 2nd, 2009