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   Vince Coen to Sampsa Laine   
   Compile fails on "weird" platforms   
   11 Dec 15 17:35:12   
   
   Hello Sampsa!   
      
   Friday December 11 2015 17:10, you wrote to All:   
      
    > Guys,   
      
    > There are a couple of #ifdef's in some files that simply define   
    > strings for displaying the architecture and OS the MBSE instance   
    > is running on.   
      
    > These are sort of a pain because I have to go and manually hack   
    > the files to remove the #ifdefs and just define the string myself   
    > (running Debian/s390x on an emulated IBM z/Series Mainframe - yes,   
    > I'm crazy).   
      
    > Anyway, could I propose a change to these platform detecting   
    > #ifdefs that they fail with a warning about an unsupported/unknown   
    > platform but continue compiling.   
      
    > I've had no problems getting MBSE compiled and up and running on   
    > Debian s/390x but I have to hack the code to return a string of my   
    > own choosing in place of the ifdefs..   
      
      
   What files are causing the problem and confirm what version of mbse you are    
   now running ?   
      
      
      
   Vince   
      
   --- Mageia Linux v5/Mbse v1.0.6/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715   
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