RE: [Xotcl] xotcl-1.3.3 Makefile / configure fixes

From: Jeff Hobbs <jeffh_at_ActiveState.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:30:36 -0800

BTW, use the attached patch - very small, unimportant diff
between the two (but less verbose at one point).

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xotcl-bounces_at_alice.wu-wien.ac.at
> [mailto:xotcl-bounces_at_alice.wu-wien.ac.at] On Behalf Of Jeff Hobbs
> Sent: November 29, 2004 7:28 PM
> To: xotcl_at_alice.wu-wien.ac.at
> Cc: 'Andreas Kupries'
> Subject: [Xotcl] xotcl-1.3.3 Makefile / configure fixes
>
>
> Attached is a patch to xotcl to make it build better. The
> changes are to correct the build and install both on unix and Windows.
>
> The fixes correct:
>
> * installation when built outside source directory
> * build and installation on Windows using TEA
> * more clarity during install-libraries
>
> The addition of VISUAL_CC to the defines on Windows
> highlights a generally incorrect usage of Windows-checking
> constructs. You can add things like
>
> #ifdef _MSC_VER
>
> in your C code, or better yet it should simply switch on:
>
> #if defined(WIN32)
>
> which tcl.h defines, and for the USE_MALLOC case, something
> like this should suffice:
>
> #if defined(WIN32) && !(defined(__GNUC__)
>
> but the changes I made work, just in a less favorable way.
>
> Jeff Hobbs, The Tcl Guy
> http://www.ActiveState.com/, a division of Sophos