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I just completed tricking the IBM XL compilers to install in Gentoo with a |
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multilb environment, glibc-2.3.6 and gcc-4.1.0. I haven't done much testing |
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aside from a few basic MPI programs designed to stress our Myrinet cards, |
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but things seem to be working. |
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I decided to post the instructions as the next best thing I ever found |
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dealing |
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with this topic was the following on the forums which never quite got |
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xlf installed, |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-300643-highlight-xlf+xserve.html |
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Anyways, as I'll probably have to do this all again and will have forgotten |
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how by then, I threw it on our blog. Check it out if you're interested, but |
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note that this is the first time I've ever posted anything like a how-to |
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publicly. |
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http://www.clusters.umaine.edu/blog/2006/05/24/gentoo-20060-64bit-userland-to-20060-multilib-with-gcc-410-r1-and-glibc-236-r4/ |
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http://www.clusters.umaine.edu/blog/2006/05/24/tricking-the-ibm-xl-compilers-to-install-in-gentoo-linux/ |
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-Justin Bronder |
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On 4/13/06, Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> Brady Catherman wrote: |
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> > It is my understanding that GCC 4.1 is considered totally unstable on |
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> > gentoo. Anyways.. how would I go about getting the IBM compiler.. Ibm's |
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> > web page flat out sucks for searching for things like that.. |
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> If you said 4.2, you might be closer. 4.1 works better in almost every |
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> way than 4.0. Also if you take a look, the 4.1 ebuild is keyworded for |
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> multiple architectures (but not ppc64), while 4.0 is -* except for ia64. |
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> Regarding IBM, I always find them by searching for something like xlf, |
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> xl, fortran, etc on their website. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Donnie |
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