Re: [Dev-luatex] LuaTeX dependencies

On Dec 7, 2007 4:32 AM, Martin Schröder wrote:

2007/12/6, Joel C. Salomon :

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I'm considering porting LuaTεχ to Plan 9. What libraries/compilers/ interpreters does the system have to have for this to work?

Compilers: c and c++.

There's C++ code? I looked through the source tree and was glad not to see any. Plan 9 uses a C compiler written by Ken Thompson and doesn't have a C++ compiler. (Well, someone just revived some ancient cfront, but that doesn't count for much.) Oh, I just found C++ code in lib/xpdf. That's gonna be a problem.

Do the configure scripts work on Plan 9?

Sort of, but they're really not considered useful for porting. When I get my Plan 9 system up & running, I'll start trying to compile the library components individually and will report on troubles here. (And to the relevant library people, if applicable.) Till then, --Joel