Compiling TeX on the DECstation

[Dan Barrett]

>In article <6188 at jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett at jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (me) writes:
>|>	Hey DEC!!  Why did you set "make" to turn on optimization by
>|>default???  BAD IDEA!

In article <1321 at umriscc.isc.umr.edu> acar at ee.umr.edu writes:
>I don't think, DEC did this. I think optimization is selected in the
>makefile which you have used to run the make. In my version, it is set
>at the beginning by OPT = -O.

	Believe me, DEC did it.  In Ultrix 4.0, create a files called
"foo.c" and type (with NO Makefile in the directory) "make -n foo.o".

		$ make -n foo.o
		cc -O -c foo.c
		$

>Did you also install metafont or is its X11 version still not available?

	Yes, we did install an X11 version.
                                                        Dan

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