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diff --git a/boehm-gc/README.alpha b/boehm-gc/README.alpha new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b187fd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/boehm-gc/README.alpha @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Should work under OSF/1 and Linux. Currently no VMS or NT support, though +the latter shouldn't be hard. + +Incremental gc not yet supported under Linux because signal handler +for SIGSEGV can't get a hold of fault address. Dynamic library support +is also missing from Linux/alpha, probably for no good reason. + +From Philippe Queinnec: + +System: DEC/Alpha OSF1 v3.2, vendor cc +Problem: can't link if libgc has been compiled with "cc -std1". + It works if the library has been compiled with either gcc or "cc" + alone. The problem is because the variable "end" is not defined if + compiling in std1 mode (see man ld). +Proposed fix: none. Don't use cc -std1 ! |