IRIX 6.5.10

In order to compile for 64 bit on IRIX you have to specify the native compiler in 64 bit mode (

cc -64

) and the linker in 64 bit mode (

/bin/ld -64

). The following notes were provided by Jose Ramon Valverde^2.1.

We have succeeded in compiling EMBOSS for IRIX using 64 bit compilation.

It required some tweaking, but works. The recipe for those willing to give it a try is:

• remove '

  gcc

  ' from your path
• define

  COMPILER_DEFAULTS_PATH

  appropriately (see

  pe_environ

  ) to look for a

  compiler.defaults

  file containing e.g.

  :abi=64:isa=4:proc=r10k

• ./configure

  in EMBOSS and all EMBASSY subdirs
• search in all files for '

  CC = cc

  ' and substitute it for '

  CC = cc -64

  '
• same for '

  LD = /bin/ld

  ' to '

  LD = /bin/ld -64

  '

• make

The reason is that compiling depends on the Makefile and on libtool, as well as linking. We didn't spend much in looking at configure since the above steps where so straightforward. We know we should look into the configure script and add an option for 64-bit-irix-compile or some such, but that'll have to wait till we have time for it.

Yes, we know, the search and substitute thing looks tedious, but it isn't, honest: create a 'chfile.sh' out of the EMBOSS source hierarchy containing:

#/bin/sh
cp \$1 \$1.orig
mv \$1 tmpfile
sed -e 's/CC="cc"/CC="cc -64"/g' tmpfile | \
sed -e 's/CC = cc/CC = cc -64/g' | \
sed -e 's/\/bin\/ld/\/bin\/ld -64/g' \$1 
rm tmpfile
## if you are sure, uncomment this 
#rm \$1.orig

'

cd

' to the

emboss

directory and run

	find . -type f -exec /path/to/chfile.sh {} \; -print

and you are done with the CC changes. Libtool requires special treatment since it uses quotes.