Re: [PATCH 0/5] Support ancient systems

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Feb 18, 2006, 02:35 UTC
Message-ID: <43F687E5.8070905@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0602180109480.525@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 04:18:35PM +0100, Adrien Beau wrote:
>>
>>>On 2/17/06, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I just got git to work on an Irix box. These are the changes I needed
>>>>to apply. Maybe some of them are of use for other ancient systems... You
>>>>know, I like ancient systems. And if I could get my hands on a VMS, I
>>>>would try to get git to work on it, too ;-)
>>>
>>>You can get free VMS accounts at the Deathrow Cluster:
>>>http://deathrow.vistech.net/
>>>
>>>If you're serious about using your account, you'll find that the admin
>>>team is pretty supportive and friendly.
>>
>>You should check out polarhome.com if you want a variety of platforms
>>to muck about on, including IRIX, Plan 9, OpenVMS Vax, OpenVMS Alpha
>>etc.
>>
>>I work on VMS systems at the moment and i thought of attempting to
>>port git for the hell of it. I decided not to bother for a variety of
>>reasons, but mostly because it looked like too much work :)  
> 
> 
> Well, I did not remember that VMS does not have a proper fork() call.

It doesn't. It's got vfork() though.

> BTW, my remark about VMS was more tongue-in-cheek than not...
>

Thanks anyway. I would never have gotten that link to polarhome if you'd kept your tongue straight.

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