Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: [Axiom-developer] AXIOM build with hacked GCL

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!  Of course, Tim said it already.  Just wanted to note that
in the current Debian package, AxiomSYS is invoked via a shell script
wrapper which sets the AXIOM environment variable.  I haven't done
anything with the DAASE variable.

Take care,

root <address@hidden> writes:

> Mark,
> 
> There are 2 shell variables that can affect where axiom will look for things.
> 
> The first, called AXIOM, defines where the system lives. 
> When set it during the build time it tells the build 2 pieces of information:
> 
> AXIOM=(yourpath)/axiom/mnt/(sys)
> 
> The (yourpath) tells the build where the sources live.
> The (sys) tells the build what kind of target system to build.
> (It is possible to do cross-compiles to other (sys) but we don't yet
> exploit that).
> 
> The second variable is DAASE. It is set to the path ABOVE the algebra
> directory. Thus if the databases (*.daase) live in (yourDBpath)/algebra
> you would set:
> 
> DAASE=(yourDBpath)
> 
> Remember to leave the "algebra" directory off the end of the path.
> This variable is only used during test builds. I play games with the
> database locations. Users should not have to set this variable but
> Camm may use it to point to other databases.
> 
> Tim
> 
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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