Re: [AD] build process broken on IRIX

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On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Eric Botcazou wrote:
> > * The SGI AL driver doesn't get built as a module
> Which version of Allegro ? What exactly happens ?

WIP 4.1.6 - no .so file appears for it. A .so file *does* appear for the
esd driver though.

> > * The detection of the export-dynamic linker option causes a false
> >   positive because it's failure causes a warning, and not an error:
> >   ldXX: WARNING 1: Unknown option: export-dynamic (ignored)
> >   (where XX is 32 or 64 depending on ABI.)
> >   GNU ld, as, etc. can't be used on IRIX, which is probably the cause of
> >   this false positive.
> If the export-dynamic test doesn't pass, Allegro won't try to build any
> module. So Allegro should be taught how to build modules on IRIX.

The test does pass, even though the linker doesn't support it. However,
it builds modules (except the SGIAL one), and they appear to work.

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