[Push] Several questions

[jon klein]

On Jan 19, 2006, at 12:29 PM, William Tozier wrote:

> The simpler end of the scale:
> - Is there an explicit readme for installing Push 3.0.5 on a Tiger  
> system?

I believe that 3.0.5 does not compile on Tiger by default because of  
changes in gcc 4.0, which is the default compiler on Tiger.  You can  
try compiling it with gcc-3.3 (also installed on Tiger, I believe)  
"CC=gcc ./configure" and then "make" .

I have made some changes locally to get it working with gcc 4.0, but  
have not yet committed the changes to CVS.  I can commit them or send  
them to you if you're interested.

> The mid-range:
> - I'd like to extend the system to include some problem-specific  
> additional stack types. Is anybody interested in and available for  
> a collaboration?

I know that Lee is always interested in extending Push and working on  
new problems, so I'm sure he'll want to chime in here! :)

> The higher end:
> - Any suggestions for compiling the system in XCode 2.X? I'm  
> "learning" both at about the same time, and could use the pointers.

The current push3 build system is based around the gnu config tools,  
and I think that it would be a lot of effort to get it running in  
XCode.  Instead, you should get the library built using the standard  
configure/make approach, and then link to the resulting library in  
your XCode project.

- jon klein