[Kde-nonlinux] HP-UX system

Albert Chin kde-nonlinux@kde.org
Thu, 3 Apr 2003 09:44:00 -0600


On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:18:30AM +0100, Marcus Camen wrote:
> > I am having HP-UX 11i system running.
> > I am presently using CDE provided as default with the OS.
> > Can i have KDE on HP-UX 11i ......?
> 
> We are currently working on getting KDE 3.1.x running on HP-UX 11.00. So far 
> arts, kdelibs and kdebase are working. In the last weeks I committed quite a 
> few compile fixes to CVS HEAD and to KDE_3_1_BRANCH / ARTS_1_1_BRANCH. If you 
> want to try to compile KDE yourself I suggest to use the CVS code from these 
> stable branches.

Is it sufficient to check out KDE_3_1_BRANCH only?

> I still have a few more (note yet polished) patches on my disk waiting to be 
> committed. If you like I can send them to you via private email.
> BTW: You cannot use GCC as the GNU compiler has major problems with threading 
> on HP-UX. We use HPs aCC.

What modules are these patches for?

Are your patches to workaround bugs in aCC's C++ compliance or C++
compliance bugs in the KDE code?

And what are the threading issues with GCC? We were going to try
building KDE on 11.x with the 3.3 prerelease.

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albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)