[Info-vax] Building latest C-Kermit under OpenVMS gives errors

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On Monday, November 1, 2021 at 2:18:46 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-10-29, dthi... at gmail.com <dthi... at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > The current 9.0.305 sources does not currently compile on OpenVMS. Frank da Cruz lost his ability to compile on OpenVMS 10 or so years ago. 
> >
> Would working on Kermit qualify as hobbyist use ? 
> 
> If so, he could run an emulated Alpha system under the VSI hobbyist licence. 
> 
> Unfortunately, that's about the best he could do for free as there are 
> no free full system emulators for Itanium I am aware of. (Ski is _NOT_ 
> a full system emulator). 
> 
> However, allowing him to build the code even on Alpha could help with 
> identifying general VMS issues in the code. 
> 
> Simon. 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.

i have a bunch of RX1620s available cheap if an Itanium is needed.  I also have an older RX system in the "office" enclosure that is extremely quiet available as well.

Let me know if anyone needs one.

Dan