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version 1.6, 2010/05/05 08:40:51 version 1.11, 2010/08/15 14:46:23
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     I SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY BUG REPORT FROM USERS THAT HAVE BUILD RPL/2 WITH      I SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY BUG REPORT FROM USERS THAT HAVE BUILD RPL/2 WITH
     LESSTIF LIBRAIRIES SINCE OPENMOTIF IS AVAILABLE.      LESSTIF LIBRAIRIES SINCE OPENMOTIF IS AVAILABLE.
   
       DO NOT USE 'make install-strip' THAT BREAKS RPL/2.
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     RPL/2 signifies Reverse Polish Lisp/2. This language is obvious derivated      RPL/2 signifies Reverse Polish Lisp/2. This language is obvious derivated
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     - libtool 1.5 or newer. To build RPL/2 on Mac OSX, you should have to      - libtool 1.5 or newer. To build RPL/2 on Mac OSX, you should have to
     add libtool m4 path in tools/file-*/configure.ac and      add libtool m4 path in tools/file-*/configure.ac and
     tools/file-*/Makefile.am;      tools/file-*/Makefile.am;
     - gcc-4.2 or newer;      - gcc-4.3 or newer;
     - g++-4.2 or newer;      - g++-4.3 or newer;
     - gfortran-4.2 or newer.      - gfortran-4.3 or newer.
   
     RPL/2 build process invoques automake and autoconf.      RPL/2 build process invoques automake and autoconf.
   
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         64bits executable, you have to modify some generated makefiles or          64bits executable, you have to modify some generated makefiles or
         specify some options. See 64bits on Solaris.          specify some options. See 64bits on Solaris.
     - FreeBSD 7.x on i386. I have installed a FreeBSD 7.0, upgraded to 7.2      - FreeBSD 7.x on i386. I have installed a FreeBSD 7.0, upgraded to 7.2
         and RPL/2 ran without any trouble. RPL/2 does not run on FreeBSD 8.0          and RPL/2 ran without any trouble. RPL/2 does not run on early
         because sig_into_t struct is not filled. Someone has reported that          FreeBSD 8.0 because sig_info_t struct is not filled. This bug is now
         FreeBSD 7.2 did not filled this struct too...          fixed. Someone has reported that FreeBSD 7.2 did not filled this
           struct too...
     - NetBSD 4.0 and above with a restriction. NetBSD's sigpending      - NetBSD 4.0 and above with a restriction. NetBSD's sigpending
         is broken and it is impossible to use DETACH intrinsic. Bug report          is broken and it is impossible to use DETACH intrinsic. Bug report
         has been done and this bug should be fixed in next NetBSD release.          has been done and this bug should be fixed in next NetBSD release.
         Sigpending has been fixed in NetBSD 5.0 and RPL/2 runs fine.          Sigpending has been fixed in NetBSD 5.0 and RPL/2 runs fine.
       - OpenBSD 4.7 and above.
       - Windows with Cygwin (>= 1.7.5).
   
   * RPL/2 should run on :    * RPL/2 should run on :
   
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         information.          information.
     - NetBSD 4.0 and above on other architecture than sparc32 with restriction      - NetBSD 4.0 and above on other architecture than sparc32 with restriction
         due to sigpending bug.          due to sigpending bug.
       - OS/2 and eComStation.
     - Mac OS X.      - Mac OS X.
   
     Any information about RPL/2 on these last operating systems are welcome.      Any information about RPL/2 on these last operating systems are welcome.
   
   * RPL/2 is not supported on :    * RPL/2 is not supported on :
   
     - OpenBSD due to a major bug in sigaltstack syscall when a program is  
         linked with -lthread. As this bug comes from OpenBSD libraries,  
         OpenBSD port has to wait for a fixed sigaltstack. RPL/2 uses pselect()  
         that is unavailable too.  
     - OpenVMS (work in progress) on Alpha and Integrity due to some bugs in GNV.      - OpenVMS (work in progress) on Alpha and Integrity due to some bugs in GNV.
         RPL/2 never works on OpenVMS VAX because GNV is too old on this          RPL/2 never works on OpenVMS VAX because GNV is too old on this
         architecture.          architecture.
     - Hurd.      - Hurd because sig_info_t is not filled.
   
   * RPL/2 shall never be supported on :    * RPL/2 shall never be supported on :
   
     - Cygwin due to some troubles between Cygwin Posix subsystem and Windows.      - Windows (all versions) without Cygwin.
         You can try, but I shall never support Cygwin. If someone proposes  
         patches to build RPL/2 on Cygwin, I won't modify official RPL/2 source  
         tree, but only propose these patches against official tarball.  
     - Windows (all versions).  
     - OS/2 and eComStation.  
     - Mac OS preX.      - Mac OS preX.
   
     Tools directory contains some libraries that are normally provided by      Tools directory contains some libraries that are normally provided by
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