Alpha OSF

[William E. Cohen]

I think that the configure script got the correct size for ints on our
machine.  I would suggest you do a "make distclean" then do the configure.
It looks like it might be using some bogus data ( "(cached)" comments in
configuration output).  Below are some notes I took when attempting to
create an executable for the DEC alpha.  I hope they help.  I was able to
create an executable, but it didn't seem to handle threading correctly.  The
last time I checked it only built the interpreter; the JIT system didn't
work.  

-Will



Mon Oct 18 19:19:13 CDT 1999

Trying to install Kaffe 1.0.5 on
AlphaServer 4100 (4 processors, DEC Unix 5.60):

./configure didn't create the "md.h" file in ./config.  Fixed by
manually setting it.

Make complains:

Make: Don't know how to make #SCRIPTFILES_COMPAT.  Stop.

Problem appears to be in ./kaffe/script/Makefile,
caused by the '\' at the end of the line

SCRIPTFILES_COMPAT = \
#SCRIPTFILES_COMPAT = \
#appletviewer javac javadoc

Fixed by removing the \ at the end of "SCRIPTFILES_COMPAT = \"


Here are the results of the regression testing on the Alpha

No suffix list.
test -z "*.class *.fail *.out core *.core ExceptionTest" || rm -f *.class *.fail *.out core *.core ExceptionTest
PASS: HelloWorldApp.class.save
PASS: HelloWorldApp.java
PASS: TestIntLong.java
PASS: TestFloatDouble.java
PASS: DoubleNeg.java
PASS: DoublePrint.java
PASS: DoubleComp.java
PASS: ModuloTest.java
PASS: LongNeg.java
PASS: Str.java
PASS: Str2.java
PASS: InternHog.java
PASS: IndexTest.java
PASS: StackDump.java
PASS: tname.java
FAIL: ttest.java
FAIL: ThreadInterrupt.java
FAIL: ThreadState.java
FAIL: UncaughtException.java
PASS: IllegalWait.java
FAIL: Preempt.java
PASS: ReflectInterfaces.java
PASS: TestSerializable.java
PASS: TestCasts.java
PASS: Alias.java
PASS: NullPointerTest.java
PASS: TableSwitch.java
PASS: LostFrame.java
PASS: ConstructorTest.java
PASS: burford.java
PASS: IllegalInterface.java
PASS: GetInterfaces.java
PASS: IntfTest.java
PASS: SignedShort.java
PASS: CharCvt.java
PASS: BadFloatTest.java
PASS: ProcessTest.java
FAIL: UDPTest.java
PASS: SoTimeout.java
PASS: wc.java
PASS: FileTest.java
PASS: finalexc.java
PASS: finaltest.java
PASS: finaltest2.java
PASS: forNameTest.java
PASS: KaffeVerifyBug.java
PASS: Schtum.java
PASS: Reflect.java
PASS: MethodBug.java
PASS: Bean.java
PASS: SortTest.java
PASS: HashTest.java
PASS: MapTest.java
PASS: URLTest.java
PASS: ReflectInvoke.java
FAIL: InvTarExcTest.java
PASS: CLTest.java
FAIL: CLTestConc.java
FAIL: CLTestJLock.java
PASS: CLTestLie.java
FAIL: CLTestFindLoaded.java
PASS: ExceptionTest.java
PASS: ExceptionTestClassLoader.java
PASS: ExceptionTestClassLoader2.java
PASS: TestClassRef.java
FAIL: ClassGC.java
FAIL: GCTest.java
FAIL: ThreadLocalTest.java
PASS: BeanBug.java
PASS: BitSetTest.java
PASS: ExceptionInInitializerTest.java
PASS: InitTest.java
FAIL: ProcessClassTest.java
FAIL: ProcessClassInst.java
FAIL: ProcessClassStop.java
PASS: FindSystemClass.java
FAIL: ProcessClassLockTest.java
PASS: DoubleBug.java
PASS: Overflow.java
FAIL: TestUnlock.java
PASS: MarkResetTest.java
PASS: HashtableTest1.java
PASS: ReflectMultiArray.java
PASS: ExecTest.java
FAIL: CatchDeath.java
PASS: ThreadStop.java
PASS: DeadThread.java
PASS: tthrd1.java
PASS: SoInterrupt.java
PASS: sysdepCallMethod.java
PASS: TestNative.java
=====================
19 of 91 tests failed
=====================
*** Exit 1
Stop.

> 
> 
> 
> I just downloaded kaffe 1.0.5 and cannot get it to compile on Alpha
> OSF.  The problem seems to be in "configure". It is reporting that
> size of int is 0.  Does anyone have an idea of what might be wrong?
> When I use configure on other packages (eg. bash), I get size of int 8.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Charles Lefurgy
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> Here is my computer:
> 
> %uname -a
> OSF1 staccato.eecs.umich.edu V3.2 214 alpha
> 
> Here is the first part of configure's output:
> (see bottom)
> 
> 
> % ./configure --with-staticlib --with-staticvm --with-engine=jit
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E
> checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc
> checking host system type... alpha-dec-osf3.2
> checking for Cygwin environment... (cached) no
> checking for mingw32 environment... (cached) no
> checking for executable suffix... (cached) no
> checking build system type... alpha-dec-osf3.2
> checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
> checking for ld used by GCC... (cached) /usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf3.2/2.7.2/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf3.2/2.7.2/ld) is GNU ld... (cached) no
> checking for BSD-compatible nm... (cached) /usr/gnu/bin/nm -B
> checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
> updating cache ./config.cache
> loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
> checking for object suffix... o
> checking for executable suffix... (cached) no
> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... none
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... no
> checking if we can lock with hard links... yes
> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... no
> checking if gcc static flag -static works... none
> checking if the linker (/usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf3.2/2.7.2/ld) is GNU ld... no
> checking whether the linker (/usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf3.2/2.7.2/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking command to parse /usr/gnu/bin/nm -B output... failed
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking for /usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/alpha-dec-osf3.2/2.7.2/ld option to reload object files... -r
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... osf3.2 ld.so
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... no
> checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> checking for objdir... .libs
> creating libtool
> updating cache ./config.cache
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking for _ prefix in compiled symbols... (cached) no
> configure: warning: The jit engine was not updated for alpha-osf
> checking execution engine... jit
> checking gprof(4) profiling support... 
> checking sun compatibility mode... yes
> checking thread system... unix-jthreads
> checking for trampolines... yes
> checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
> checking for jikes... no
> checking for zip... no
> checking size of short... (cached) 0
> checking size of int... (cached) 0
> checking size of long... (cached) 0
> checking size of long long... (cached) 0
> ...
> [much deleted]
>