Re: gmake on Cray X1

[Ted Stern]

On  5 May 2005 at 14:25 UTC-0700, Kate Hedstrom wrote:
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:06:28PM -0700, Ted Stern wrote: > On 3 May 2005 at 
17:05 UTC-0700, Kate Hedstrom wrote:
>> > I have managed to build gnu make on a Cray X1, but I ran into a
>> > couple snags. Here's the first:
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> Hi Kate,
>> 
>> This post begs the question, why are you doing this yourself?
>> 
>> Cray makes GNU make available in the Cray Open Software module 
>> (module load open).
>> 
>> Is 'open' not available on your machine?
>> 
>> Ted
>
> There's a new book out on gnu make and I started using a feature
> that is in version 3.80 and not 3.79. We have 3.79 on the X1. A
> colleague has a T3E with version 3.77, so now we are going to have
> to be compatible with that version since he was unable to build 3.80
> on it.
>
> Kate

Aha, I see now.  I hadn't noticed that the 'open' version was 3.79.
Bummer.  I use loads of 3.80 features also.

You might be able to build 3.79 on the T3E, though ...

What feature(s) are you using?  I might have some workarounds.

Ted
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