Where in the wiki are the expected build environment requirements listed (and not out of date)?
I'm am trying to build TDE 14.1.2 on Slackware 15.0 32-bit. Fails to build because of a "Value too large for defined data type" error. This seems to be a specific 32-bit error. I have not read anything that 32-bit no longer is supported in TDE.
I'm trying to build 14.1.2 on some vintage 32-bit systems. The tqt3 build fails with many errors and fatal errors. Cmake version 3.5.2 is installed but tqt3 does not use cmake. While vintage systems are EOL, R14.0.12 built fine on these systems. So something else has changed or was introduced since them.
Thanks.
On 2024/05/18 03:48 AM, Darrell Anderson via tde-devels wrote:
Where in the wiki are the expected build environment requirements listed (and not out of date)?
I'm am trying to build TDE 14.1.2 on Slackware 15.0 32-bit. Fails to build because of a "Value too large for defined data type" error. This seems to be a specific 32-bit error. I have not read anything that 32-bit no longer is supported in TDE.
I'm trying to build 14.1.2 on some vintage 32-bit systems. The tqt3 build fails with many errors and fatal errors. Cmake version 3.5.2 is installed but tqt3 does not use cmake. While vintage systems are EOL, R14.0.12 built fine on these systems. So something else has changed or was introduced since them.
Hi Darrell, 32 bit builds are still supported, as long as required libraries are provided by the distro in question (for example in Ubuntu it is not possible due to lack of required libraries for i386, but in Debian it is still ok). Cmake 3.5 is fine.
I don't think there is an *updated* list of build requirements on the wiki, or at least I am not aware of any. There may be some very old pages from the stone age or so, so likely to be incomplete/wrong.
Cheers Michele
Michele Calgaro via tde-devels wrote:
Ubuntu it is not possible due to lack of required libraries for i386, but in Debian it is still ok). Cmake 3.5 is fine.
Debian was planing to drop support for i386, but there were many objections and they decided to keep it for a while, although I am not sure how actively it is being updated. I also dropped my last i386 machines 2y ago although I never compiled TDE for them.
On 5/18/24 7:20 AM, Michele Calgaro via tde-devels wrote:
32 bit builds are still supported, as long as required libraries are provided by the distro in question (for example in Ubuntu it is not possible due to lack of required libraries for i386, but in Debian it is still ok). Cmake 3.5 is fine.
I don't think there is an *updated* list of build requirements on the wiki, or at least I am not aware of any. There may be some very old pages from the stone age or so, so likely to be incomplete/wrong.
TDE seems a good fit for dual core systems with 4 GB or less of RAM. Often that means using a 32-bit distro. I have such a system running Slackware 15.0 32-bit. Seems like some testing should be done with 32-bit to ensure TDE can function on such systems for as long as practical. I presume some of you folks build 32-bit packages?
Anyway, I found part the cause of the problems here. Somehow, who knows how, some of the build scripts got corrupted in a way that I can't detect. Those specific files can't be read in a 32-bit environment and the file command affirms that. Basically the scripts can't launch. Just weird. I cat'd and renamed the contents to new files and that seemed to resolve this 32-bit issue.
Another problem is some build scripts were formatted with Windows line feeds. I have no idea how that happened.
Head scratching territory.
I have made no progress with TDE on vintage systems. That R14.0.12 built on these systems indicates something has changed since then. I don't know if the change is in TDE, my systems, or both.
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