[Info-vax] VSI C/C++ compiler for OpenVMS expired yesterday!

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-09-05, Single Stage to Orbit <alex.buell at munted.eu> wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-09-05 at 12:28 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2023-09-04, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > We are now using those 1st generation native compilers to build the
>> > 2nd generation native compilers except for C++.  We're still doing
>> > the Linux thing for now as the LLVM/clang build needs things like
>> > CMake (which of course is written in C++ and needs to be
>> > bootstrapped with a C++ compiler).  Those 2nd generation compiler
>> > builds are done on OpenVMS x86 V9.2-1 systems on a hypervisor. 
>> > Testing is also done on virtual machines.
>> 
>> I was wondering if CMake on VMS was a reality yet. :-)
>> 
>> Are you hitting any specific problems with getting CMake to run on
>> VMS, or is getting CMake working just simply lower down the priority
>> list, given that you have the Linux-hosted workaround available ?
>
> CMake doesn't know anything about VMS, especially file versioning.
> That'll make it fun to port for the poor devil who's going to have to
> do the work!

I suspect the Unix compatibility code within the CRTL will be called
upon to do heavy-duty work. :-)

Simon.

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