[kaffe] port problem m68k-mint

[Dalibor Topic]

--- Helmer Krämer <hkraemer@freenet.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 02:29:34 -0800 (PST)
> Dalibor Topic <robilad@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jens,
> 
> > --- js712688@mail.inf.tu-dresden.de wrote:
> > 
> > > > does it continue? I.e. do you get a Makefile
> after
> > > you
> > > > run ./configure, or not? In the first case,
> the
> > > errors
> > > > are probably irrelevant, in the second case,
> we'd
> > > have
> > > > to change the tests to something more
> compatible.
> > > 
> > > No makefile, because configure tells me:
> "m68k-mint
> > > not
> > > supported".
> > 
> > Well, you'll need to apply the patch from MiNT for
> > kaffe 0.9.1 and see how far you get. Copy the
> > config/m68k/mint directory over to kaffe's
> config/m68k
> > directory, apply the patch and you're set. ;) I.e.
> > you're ready to start bringing the port back to
> life.
> 
> just a few short notes from me. First, you should
> copy
> the directory as dalibor described. Then you should
> create a file called config.frag in that directory
> so
> that the configure script recognizes that that os is
> supported. Second, you should probably see how far
> you
> get without applying the patch that's included in
> the
> .tgz. 

Yeah, I agree that's a better way to proceed. 

If you have to apply the patch, it should be better to
split it into several patches, one per file, and start
with the patches to files in the config directory.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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