PO 2008/02/28
This page describes, how to build a Tclkit on a SGI machine running IRIX 6.5
1 General preparation steps
1.1 Choose Tcl version
If building a Tcl 8.5 based Tclkit, set environment variable KIT_VERSION to 5:
setenv KIT_VERSION 5
For building a Tcl 8.4 based Tclkit, either nothing needs to be set, or you can set KIT_VERSION to 4:
setenv KIT_VERSION 4
1.2 Download and unpack
Download and unpack the TclKit distribution:
tclsh genkit A cp tars/genkit .
1.3 Apply patches
1.3.1 File src/tcl[85]/unix/tclUnixPipe.c
Search for functions TclpCreateTempFile and TclpTempFileName.
Add and modify the local variable list:
char fileName[L_tmpnam + 9 + 5]; static int ctr=0; char ctrStr[15];
Replace the line a few lines below the local variables:
strcat(fileName, "tclXXXXXX");
with the following statements:
snprintf(ctrStr,14,"tcl%05iXXXXXX",ctr++); strcat(fileName, ctrStr);
Patch taken from: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=878333&group_id=10894&atid=110894
1.3.2 File src/vfs/configure
Goto line 6000 and search for CYGPATH to find the following line:
vars="-I\"$(${CYGPATH} ${TCL_SRC_DIR}/generic)\""Change that line into
vars=""
1.3.3 File src/mk/unix/Makefile.in
Remove all calls to "ranlib"
1.3.4 File genkit
Optionally modify genkit, if your hostname is a fully-qualified long name: Change every occurence of "hostname" into "hostname -s"
2. Compilation with gcc
2.1 File genkit
Add the following to the list of OS (around line 50):
IRIX64 { array set X {make gmake}
array set Z {stripopt "-f"} }
2.2 File src/zlib/Makefile
Modify line
CC=cc
into
CC=gcc
2.3 Gcc version < 3
If using an old gcc (tested with 2.8.1) you must edit the following files:
src/tcl/unix/configure src/tk/unix/configure
and remove the compiler option: -fno-strict-aliasing
3. Compilation with MIPSpro
It is assumed, that we compile for ABI Mips3, so that the TclKit runs on a great variety of SGI machines.
3.1 File genkit
Add the following to the list of OS (around line 50):
IRIX64 { array set X {make gmake gcc cc g++ CC}
array set Z {stripopt "-f"} }3.2 Set environment variables
In tcsh specify:
setenv CC cc setenv CXX CC setenv CFLAGS "-O -mips3 -n32 -DHAVE_LONG_LONG" setenv CXXFLAGS "-O -mips3 -n32 -DHAVE_LONG_LONG"
HAVE_LONG_LONG define is for the mk package.
3.3 File src/zlib/Makefile
Add -mips3 to CFLAGS
3.4 File genkit
Add -mips3 to the following lines near end of "proc B":
eval run $X(gcc) -mips3 -c $O $D $TCL_DEFS $TCL_CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE \
[glob src/*.c] [list $S/tcl$Z(85)/unix/tclAppInit.c] $Z(gccsuff)
eval run $gcc -mips3 -o $target [glob *.o] $L $Z(ldsuff)4. Build the TclKit
Issue the following commands to build the IRIX Tclkit:
tclsh8.4 genkit B tcl tclsh8.4 genkit B sh genkit C sh genkit D sh genkit E
5. Test the TclKit
./tclkit-HOSTNAME > info patchlevel > package require Tk > package require Itcl ...
Good luck
RZ you could get ready to run kit files from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/kbskit . The above patch should also be made in function TclpCreateTempFile.