> IMO, to prevent 'size' changes in the boot file to cause the build
> error, the makefile should check for an installed (and very likely
> still
> working) ikarus.
Revisions are sometimes not binary compatible so you cannot, in general,
use an older ikarus to build the newer one. You *need* the new one.
Plus, any new changes need to be tested. If you don't want to be
testing
the development version, you can always stick to the 0.0.2 release.
On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:17 PM, leppie wrote:
> IMO, to prevent 'size' changes in the boot file to cause the build
> error, the makefile should check for an installed (and very likely
> still
> working) ikarus.
Revisions are sometimes not binary compatible so you cannot, in general,
use an older ikarus to build the newer one. You *need* the new one.
Plus, any new changes need to be tested. If you don't want to be
testing
the development version, you can always stick to the 0.0.2 release.