Re: [Scid-users] autoconf patches for scid

2014-04-01 Thread Fulvio
Cristian Stoica wrote: > > Do you want to get rid just of local zlib? I don't know of any site that provide pgn in zlib format (twic for example use zip format that is different). If there is no one who uses that format i believe we can eliminate it without regrets.

Re: [Scid-users] autoconf patches for scid

2014-04-01 Thread Cristian Stoica
I believe that if we trash the useless zlib and c++ scripts it should be possible to build scid in most systems with just: > g++ -I/usr/include/tcl -ltcl src/*.cpp src/polyglot/*.cpp > Yes, this will work on most Linux distros. I don't know about *BSD though. They install system packages in /usr/

Re: [Scid-users] autoconf patches for scid

2014-04-01 Thread Fulvio
Cristian Stoica wrote: > Hi Fulvio, > > Correct TCL detection seems to be a little difficult and will need > more than a quick fix. > I'll come back these days with an update after testing also > Ubuntu/Debian/ActiveTCL. > I believe that if we trash the useless zlib and c++ scripts it should be

Re: [Scid-users] autoconf patches for scid

2014-04-01 Thread Cristian Stoica
Hi Fulvio, Correct TCL detection seems to be a little difficult and will need more than a quick fix. I'll come back these days with an update after testing also Ubuntu/Debian/ActiveTCL. I'll have to check also why I introduced the requirements for tk-devel. I did not have it in the first round.

Re: [Scid-users] autoconf patches for scid

2014-04-01 Thread Fulvio
Cristian Stoica wrote: > Hi Fulvio and all, > > I've been working lately on a set of patches for autoconf and I'm glad > to say that they are >90% done. I've tested them on Linux (gcc), > Freebsd (clang) and Windows XP(mingw) and I've got successful builds > there. The install target is not fini