Re: Pari svn on MSVC

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 09:54:40PM +0100, Jason Moxham wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Allombert" 
>> I attach a patch that check for alamr in Configure and set HAS_ALARM
>> accoridingly. I suppose it address your issue since since HAS_ALARM is not
>> defined in Odos/paricfg.h. However it would be better to add an  
>> alternative
>> implementation for MSVC.
>>
>
> Thanks , I'll look in to an alternative , it can certainly be done using  
> threads , but there must be an easier way , I'll ask someone who knows...
>
>> Are you running the Configure script ?
>>
>
> Not using the configure script directly for MSVC.
>
>> I really wonder if there are system where Configure is used and alarm
>> does not exist. If not, the Configure part of the patch is useless.
>>
>
> MSYS/MinGW32/64  runs the Configure script and does not have alarm , this 

OK, this is sufficient for applying the patch (done as revision 11796).

> is quite likely to be the only one , ever , unless Microsfot ship a bash 
> shell :)

Well, I heard that bash had been ported to Windows ?
How do you generate the kernel files ?

Cheers,
Bill.