zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

[William Scott]

Hi folks:

I just reincarnated an SGI, fresh os install, and I compiled zsh  
4.2.5 on it.  It appears to have compiled (mips compiler) and  
installed ok.  I didn't change anything in configure.  It is the  
latest available revision of 6.5.x.

When I run it, I am unable to see or export environment variables.   
This is a completely vanilla configuration -- no customization scripts.

If I type

print $ZSH<tab> it offers the usual completions, like it knows these  
are supposed to exist, put upon completion, the variable is empty.

Similarly,

export FOO=BAR

followed by

print $FOO

prints empty space.  Similarly with $PATH.  ($path exists).

As a positive control, I downloaded the zsh available on  
freeware.sgi.com and installed it.  It is zsh-3.x.x and it works ok.

Help.  I am no longer capable of using tcsh...

Thanks.

Bill Scott

Re: zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

[William Scott]

I recompiled using gcc 3.3 rather than mips compilers and it
all works fine.

>
> When I run it, I am unable to see or export environment variables.

Re: zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

[Peter Stephenson]

William Scott <wgscott@chemistry.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> Hi folks:
> 
> I just reincarnated an SGI, fresh os install, and I compiled zsh  
> 4.2.5 on it.  It appears to have compiled (mips compiler) and  
> installed ok.  I didn't change anything in configure.  It is the  
> latest available revision of 6.5.x.
> 
> When I run it, I am unable to see or export environment variables.   

Is this any of the issues mentioned in the MACHINES file?

SGI: IRIX 6.2, 6.3, 6.5
	[Out of date.]

	Should build `out-of-the-box'.

	On 6.5.2, zsh malloc routines are reported not to work; also
	full optimization (cc -O3 -OPT:Olimit=0) causes problems.

	If using the SGI compiler, variable length arrays need to
	be turned off.  configure can work this out for itself if it
	is passed the option --enable-cflags='-LANG:vla=off -O' (combined
	with other flags if necessary).

	The zpty module is not currently supported.  This causes the
	tests starting `Y' in the Test directory to fail, even though
	the features to be tested are working.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>                  Software Engineer
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Re: zsh 4.2.5 on Irix 6.5.x

[William Scott]

Hi Peter:

I neglected to post back that when I rebuilt it with gcc 3.3 rather than
mips compilers, it works fine.

Sorry


> 	If using the SGI compiler, variable length arrays need to
> 	be turned off.  configure can work this out for itself if it
> 	is passed the option --enable-cflags='-LANG:vla=off -O' (combined
> 	with other flags if necessary).


My guess is that it must have been that.


Again, sorry for not catching this.

Bill