Re: Pari svn on MSVC

["Jason Moxham" <jason@njkfrudils.plus.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Allombert" <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
To: <pari-dev@list.cr.yp.to>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: Pari svn on MSVC


> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 09:54:40PM +0100, Jason Moxham wrote:
> > ----- 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 ?

Thats what MSYS/MinGW is , unless there's another one , but configure 
requires quite a bit more than just bash

> How do you generate the kernel files ?

At the moment I generate the bison/perl/sh stuff from cygwin , and good old 
command.com ;(
I'll post it ,once I've given it a cleanup.

> Cheers,
> Bill.

Thanks  , there is another instanst of alarm in gp.c that needs the 
HAS_ALARM around it , line 1543