Re: [Adonthell-devel] Having serious compilation problems.....

[Kai Sterker]

On Thursday 31 January 2002 03:16, you wrote:
> G++ (3.0.3 - i.e. LATEST) doesn't like the way you guys specialise
> the hash_map<string> class.  I include the modified class that will
> fix this (basically enclosing the specialising code in a 'namespace
> std {' / '}' pair, rather than beginning with a 'using namespace std'
> clause).  (Sorry for not using a patch - firstly, I don't know how to
> use it properly, secondly, with a context of 3, diff made a patch
> file about the same size as the file itself!)

Oh that's okay. To tell the truth, nobody tested compiling with G++ 3.x 
before the release.


> Yet again.... (sorry about this!) Python, if compiled with ssl
> support (like mine was) needs the flags '-lssl -lcrypto' when linking
> with one of its libraries (like the final executable does.)  Its
> strange that python (2.1.1 anyway) doesn't give these itself, but
> what the hey, I thought I'd mention it.

Hm. Guess I'll have to try it myself and see if there is a way to detect 
this. But thanks for reporting.

> Also, a link to swig on the main download page (i.e. the one with the
> link to the data package) would also be nice, it'd keep a lot of
> newbies happy.  You guys only have it on the cvs page.

Right. It's not needed as long as you don't modify the code, but I'll add the 
link later that day.

> p.s. How do you think the mapping stuff will translate to the Gameboy
> Advance?  (It's got hardware rendered background maps and
> sprites-n-stuff)

Uh, I don't know anything about programming the Gameboy Advance. Can't really 
say anything about it. 

> p.p.s. I use glibc 2.1.3 - I'd be happy to compile some x86 binaries
> for you... (i.e. for users of glibc 2.1.3 as opposed to 2.2)

Please go ahead then. We're more than happy to add any binaries we can get!

Kai