Emacs machines list Copyright (C) 1989-1990, 1992-1993, 1998, 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. This is a list of the status of GNU Emacs on various machines and systems. Information about older releases, and platforms that are no longer supported, has been removed. Consult older versions of this file if you are interested in this information. The `configure' script uses the configuration name to decide which machine and operating system description files `src/config.h' should include. The machine description files are all in `src/m', and have names similar to, but not identical to, the machine names used in configuration names. The operating system files are all in `src/s', and are named similarly. See the `configure' script if you need to know which configuration names use which machine and operating system description files. If you add support for a new configuration, add a section to this file, and then edit the `configure' script to tell it which configuration name(s) should select your new machine description and system description files. Some obsolete platforms are unsupported beginning with Emacs 23.1, see the list at the end of this file. ** Alpha (DEC) running GNU/Linux (alpha-dec-linux-gnu) DEC C compiler version 5.9 (DEC C V5.9-005 on Digital UNIX V4.0f) is reported to produce bogus binaries of Emacs 21.2 when the command-line switches "-O4 -arch ev6 -tune ev6" are used. Using just -O4 produces a good executable. For 4.0 revision 564, and 4.0A and 4.0B, Emacs 20 seems to work with no special configuration options. However, if you use GCC as your compiler, you will need version 2.8.1 or later, as older versions fail to build with a message "Invalid dimension for the charset-ID 160". ** Apple Macintosh running Mac OS X ** Apple PowerPC Macintosh running GNU/Linux ** HP 9000 series 700 or 800 (Spectrum) (hppa1.0-hp-hpux or hppa1.1-hp-hpux) Emacs 20 may work on HPUX 10. You need patch PHSS_6202 to install the Xaw and Xmu libraries. On HPUX 10.20 you may need to compile with GCC; when Emacs was compiled with HP's C compiler, HP92453-01 A.10.32.03, the subprocess features failed to work. If you turn on the DSUSP character (delayed suspend), Emacs 19.26 does not know how to turn it off on HPUX. You need to turn it off manually. If you are running HP/UX release 8.0 or later, you need the optional "C/ANSI C" software in order to build Emacs (older releases of HP/UX do not require any special software). If the file "/etc/filesets/C" exists on your machine, you have this software, otherwise you do not. ** IBM RS/6000 (rs6000-ibm-aix*) Emacs 19.26 is believed to work; its pretest was tested. Compiling with the system's `cc' and CFLAGS containing `-O5' might fail because libXbsd isn't found. This is a compiler bug; re-configure Emacs so that it isn't compiled with `-O5'. On AIX 4.3.x and 4.4, compiling with /bin/c89 fails because it treats certain warnings as errors. Use `cc' instead. At last report, Emacs didn't run well on terminals. Informed persons say that the tty VMIN and VTIME settings have been corrupted; if you have a fix, please send it to us. Compiling with -O using the IBM compiler has been known to make Emacs work incorrectly. There are reports that IBM compiler versions earlier than 1.03.00.02 fail even without -O. As of 19.11, if you strip the Emacs executable, it ceases to work. If anyone can fix the above problems, or confirm that they don't happen with certain versions of various programs, we would appreciate it. ** IBM System/390 running GNU/Linux (s390-*-linux-gnu) As of Emacs 21.2, a 31-bit only version is supported on this system. ** Intel 386 (i386-*-freebsd, i386-*-linux-gnu, i386-*-cygwin, i386-*-msdos, i386-*-windowsnt. i386 can be replaced with i486, i586, or i686) In the above configurations, * means that the manufacturer's name you specify does not matter, and you can use any name you like (but it should not contain any dashes or stars). Use i386-*-linux-gnu for GNU/Linux systems; Emacs runs as of version 19.26. Use i386-*-cygwin for Cygwin; Emacs builds as of version 22.1, in both X11 and non-X11 modes. (The Cygwin site has source and binaries for 21.2.) On GNU/Linux systems, Emacs 19.23 was said to work properly with libc version 4.5.21, but not with 4.5.19. On GNU/Linux, configure may fail to put these definitions in config.h: #define HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY #define HAVE_MKDIR #define HAVE_RMDIR #define HAVE_XSCREENNUMBEROFSCREEN To work around the problem, add those definitions by hand. It is possible that this problem happens only with X11R6. Newer system versions have fixed it. On NetBSD and FreeBSD, at one time, it was necessary to use GNU make, not the system's make. Assuming it's installed as gmake, do `gmake install MAKE=gmake'. However, more recently it is reported that using the system Make on NetBSD 1.3.1 works ok. Note that use of Linux with GCC 2.4 and the DLL 4.4 libraries requires the experimental "net 2" network patches (no relation to Berkeley Net 2). There is a report that (some version of) Linux requires including `/usr/src/linux/include/linux' in buffer.c but no coherent explanation of why that might be so. If it is so, in current versions of Linux, something else should probably be changed. You may find that adding -I/usr/X/include or -I/usr/netinclude or both to CFLAGS avoids compilation errors on certain systems. Some versions convince sysdep.c to try to use `struct tchars' but define `struct tc' instead; add `#define tchars tc' to config.h to solve this problem. ** Iris 4D (mips-sgi-irix6.*) Emacs 21.3 is reported to work on IRIX 6.5.x. You can build a 64-bit executable (with larger maximum buffer size) on Irix 6.5 by specifying the 64-bit ABI using the `-64' compiler flag or otherwise (see cc(1)). If compiling with GCC on Irix 6 yields an error "conflicting types for `initstate'", install GCC 2.95 or a newer version, and this problem should go away. It is possible that this problem results from upgrading the operating system without reinstalling GCC; so you could also try reinstalling the same version of GCC, and telling us whether that fixes the problem. ** Sun 4 (sparc), Sun 386 (sparc-sun-solaris2.*, i386-sun-solaris2.*, sparc*-*-linux-gnu) To build a 32-bit Emacs (i.e. if you are having any sort of problem bootstrapping a 64-bit version), you can use the Sun Studio compiler and configure Emacs with: env CC="cc -xarch=v7" CFLAGS='' ./configure # on SPARC systems env CC="cc -xarch=386" CFLAGS='' ./configure # on x86 systems On Solaris 2.10, it is also possible to use /usr/sfw/bin/gcc to build a 32-bit version of Emacs. Just make sure you point ./configure to the right compiler: env CC='/usr/sfw/bin/gcc -m32' ./configure To build a 64-bit Emacs (with larger maximum buffer size and including large file support) on a Solaris system which supports 64-bit executables, use the Sun compiler, configuring something like this (see the cc documentation for information on 64-bit compilation): env CC="cc -xarch=v9" CFLAGS='' ./configure # on SPARC systems env CC="cc -xarch=amd64" CFLAGS='' ./configure # on x86 systems As of version 2.95, GCC doesn't support the 64-bit ABI properly, but later releases may. Some versions of Solaris 8 have a bug in their XIM (X Input Method) implementation which causes Emacs to dump core when one of several frames is closed. To avoid this, either install patch 108773-12 (for Sparc) or 108874-12 (for x86), or configure Emacs with the `--with-xim=no' switch (you can use Leim input methods instead). On Solaris 2.7, building Emacs with WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 failed, apparently with non-default CFLAGS, most probably due to compiler bugs. Using Sun Solaris 2.7 Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C release was reported to work without problems. It worked OK on another system with Solaris 8 using apparently the same 5.0 compiler and the default CFLAGS. Emacs 21.1 and 21.2 built with Sun's ProWorks PC3.0.1 compiler on Intel/Solaris 8 was reported to abort and dump core during startup. Using GCC or a newer SUN compiler (Sun WokShop 6 update 2 C 5.3 2001/05/15) solves the problem. Emacs 20.5 and later work on SPARC GNU/Linux with the 32-bit ABI. As of release 2.95, GCC doesn't work properly with the 64-bit ABI (applicable on UltraSPARC), but that isn't the default mode. There are reports that using SunSoft cc with -xO4 -xdepend produces bad code for some part of Emacs. Some people report that Emacs crashes immediately on startup when used with a non-X terminal, but we think this is due to compiling with GCC and failing to use GCC's "fixed" system header files. Some Sun versions of X windows use the clipboard, not the selections, for transferring text between clients. The Cut, Paste and Copy items in the menu bar Edit menu work with the clipboard. If you compile with Sun's ANSI compiler acc, you need additional options when linking temacs, such as /usr/lang/SC2.0.1/values-Xt.o -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1/cg87 -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1 (those should be added just before the libraries) and you need to add -lansi just before -lc. The precise file names depend on the compiler version, so we cannot easily arrange to supply them. On Solaris 2, you need to install patch 100947-02 to fix a system bug. Presumably this patch comes from Sun. You must alter the definition of LD_SWITCH_SYSTEM if your X11 libraries are not in /usr/openwin/lib. You must make sure that /usr/ucblib is not in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH. On Solaris, do not use /usr/ucb/cc. Use /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc. Make sure that /usr/ccs/bin and /opt/SUNWspro/bin are in your PATH before /usr/ucb. (Most free software packages have the same requirement on Solaris.) With this compiler, use `/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -E' as the preprocessor. If this inserts extra whitespace into its output (see the PROBLEMS file) then add the option `-Xs'. If you have trouble using open-network-stream, get the distribution of `bind' (the BSD name-server), build libresolv.a, and link Emacs with -lresolv, by editing LIBRESOLV in src/Makefile. This problem is due to obsolete software in the nonshared standard library. Note that Emacs on a Sun is not really as big as it looks. As dumped, it includes around 200k of zeros between the original text section and the original data section (now remapped as part of the text). These are never swapped in. ** SuperH (sh[34]*-*-linux-gnu) Emacs 23.0.60 was reported to work on GNU/Linux (October 2008). Tested on a little-endian sh4 system (cpu type SH7751R) running Gentoo Linux 2008.0. * Here are notes about some of the systems supported: ** Linux (actually GNU/Linux) Most of the complete systems which use the Linux kernel are close enough to the GNU system to be considered variant GNU systems. We call them "Linux-based GNU systems," or GNU/Linux for short. It is not coincidence that many of the other components used with Linux--including GNU Emacs--were developed specifically for the GNU project. The GNU project was launched in 1984 to develop a free complete Unix-like operating system. To reach this goal, we had to develop whatever system components were not available as freely redistributable software from some other source. The GNU project wants users of GNU/Linux systems to be aware of how these systems relate to the GNU project, because that will help spread the GNU idea that software should be free--and thus encourage people to write more free software. See the file LINUX-GNU in this directory for more explanation. ** Mac OS X For installation instructions see the file nextstep/INSTALL. ** MSDOS For installation on MSDOS, see the file msdos/INSTALL. See the "MS-DOS" chapter of the manual for information about using Emacs on MSDOS. ** MS-Windows NT/95/98/ME/2000 For installation on all versions of the MS-Windows platform, see the file nt/INSTALL. ** X86_64 GNU/Linux No special procedures should be needed to build a 64-bit Emacs. To build a 32-bit Emacs, first ensure that the necessary 32-bit system libraries and include files are installed. Then use: env CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --build=i386-linux-gnu \ --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib (using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system). * Obsolete platforms Support for the following obsolete platforms was removed in Emacs 23.1 (the names in parentheses state the files in src/ that were removed): Apollo SR10.x (unexapollo.c) Convex (unexconvex.c and m/convex.c) Xenix (unexenix.c and s/xenix.h) Iris (unexmips.c m/iris4d.h m/irist.h s/iris3-5.h s/iris3-6.h) Gould (m/gould*) Siemens machines running Sinix (unexsni.c) Harris CXUX (s/cxux*) ESIX, a variant of v.5.3 for the 386 (s/esix*) Interactive (ISC) Unix (s/isc*) Sony News (s/newsos*) RTU 3.0, ucb universe (s/rtu.h) UniSoft's UniPlus 5.2 (s/uniplus.h) UMAX (s/umax.h) AT&T UNIX PC model 7300 (m/7300.h) Acorn Alliant (m/alliant*) Amdahl (m/amdahl*) Altos 3068 Unix System V Release 2 (m/altos.h) Apollo (m/apollo.h) AT&T 3b (m/att3b.h) Aviion (m/aviion*) Berkeley 4.1 (m/bsd4.1.h) Berkeley 4.2 (m/bsd4.2.h) Berkeley 4.3 (m/bsd4.3.h) Celerity (m/celerity.h) clipper (m/clipper.h) convergent S series (m/cnvrgnt.h) cydra (m/cydra5.h) Motorola System V/88 machines (m/delta88k.h) Bull DPX/2 range (m/dpx2.h) Dual machines using unisoft port (m/dual.h) Elxsi machine (running enix) (m/elxsi.h) Fujitsu F301 machine (m/f301.h) i860 (m/i860.h) ibm ps/2 aix386 (m/ibmps2-aix.h) ISI 68000's (m/is*) Masscomp 5000 series running RTU, ucb universe (m/masscomp.h) Megatest 68000's (m/mega68.h) Whitechapel Computer Works MG1 (ns16000 based) (m/mg1.h) Harris Night Hawk Series 1200 and Series 3000 (m/nh3000.h m/nh4000.h) ns16000 (m/ns16000.h) National Semiconductor 32000, running Genix (m/ns32000.h) TI Nu machines using system V (m/nu.h) HLH Orion (m/orion.h m/orion105.h) Paragon i860 (m/paragon.h) PFU A-series (m/pfa50.h) Plexus running System V.2 (m/plexus.h) pyramid. (m/pyramid.h) Bull SPS-7 (m/sps7.h) Hitachi SR2001/SR2201 (m/sr2k.h) Stride (m/stride.h) Sun 1 (m/sun1.h) Sun 2 (m/sun2.h) SEQUENT SYMMETRY (m/symmetry.h) Tadpole 68k machines (m/tad68k.h) tahoe (m/tahoe.h) targon31 (m/targon31.h) Tektronix* (m/tek4300.h m/tekxd88.h) NCR Tower 32 running System V.2 (m/tower32.h) NCR Tower 32 running System V.3 (m/tower32v3.h) U-station (Nihon Unisys, SS5E; Sumitomo Denkoh, U-Station E30) (m/ustation.h) Wicat (m/wicat.h) Honeywell XPS100 running UNIX System V.2 (m/xps100.h) Data General's DG/UX (s/dgux*) Irix before version 6 osf1 (s/osf*) SunOS4 (s/sunos*) RISCiX (s/riscix*) SCO 3.2v4 (s/sco4.h) SCO 3.2v5 (s/sco5.h) Sun's 386-based RoadRunner (m/sun386.h) Sun3 machines (m/sun3*) Integrated Solutions 386 machine (m/is386.h) Integrated Solutions `Optimum V' -- m68k-isi-bsd4.2 or -bsd4.3 Harris Power PC (powerpc-harris-powerunix) Hewlett-Packard 9000 series 200 or 300 on some platforms -- m68k-hp-bsd or m68k-hp-hpux; note m68k-*-netbsd* still works IBM PS/2 -- i386-ibm-aix1.1 or i386-ibm-aix1.2 GEC 63 -- local-gec63-usg5.2 Tandem Integrity S2 -- mips-tandem-sysv System V rel 0 -- usg5.0 System V rel 2 -- usg5.2 System V rel 2.2 -- usg5.2.2 System V rel 3 -- usg5.3 Ultrix -- bsd4.3 VMS (s/vms.h) Local variables: mode: outline fill-prefix: " " End: This file is part of GNU Emacs. 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