Unofficial REBOL 3 Host Kit 2.100.102(B) for Linux

Note that, despite what the title may imply, this hostkit builds on both Win32 and Linux, using separate makefiles for each platform.

Blurb

The REBOL 3 Host Kit is property of REBOL Technologies. The REBOL name is a registered trademark of REBOL Technologies. From info.txt, part of the Host Kit distribution:

The license for the R3 Host-Kit is free for commercial, educational, and hobby
uses with "free" meaning "no charge" for such usage. However, there are a few
minor restrictions, so please read this document:

    http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/concepts/host-kit.html

Downloads

• r3-host-kit-a102.zip
  Original Win32-only A102 Host Kit as released by RT
• libr3-a102.so
  Original R3 A102 core library for Linux as released by RT

• r3-host-kit-a102-linux.zip
  Modified A102 Host Kit: full hostkit, adapted to build on Linux (as well as Win32)
• r3-host-kit-a102-linux-changes.zip
  Modified A102 Host Kit: only changed/added files
• r3-host-kit-a102-linux-patches.zip
  Modified A102 Host Kit: changes as patchset (against RT A102)

MD5 sums:

3fb8a82ae543ce6ff0a2174778ad8fac  r3-host-kit-a102-linux.zip
9ed76cd5b43981bacc59e6177d7d1690  r3-host-kit-a102-linux-changes.zip
11205c9c1ce57afa91fdc9c053e3d2c3  r3-host-kit-a102-linux-patches.zip

How to Build

The Linux build is controlled by a separate makefile: `makefile.linux`. Only core builds (w/o graphics) are supported on Linux at the moment. So to build a core binary, use:

$ make -f makefile.linux core

This will build the `r3core` binary and also copy `libr3.so` to your current working directory. To run the resulting binary use:

$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./r3core

Summary of Changes

commit 15cfb83919571a22306efc7412531d0d35489a4d
Author: Andreas Bolka
Date:   Wed Jul 14 03:12:19 2010 +0200

    Fix make-host-ext for Linux

commit 92a003a11575af4a7cdc1c9a4dfb0b59c928674b
Author: Andreas Bolka
Date:   Wed Jul 14 20:31:48 2010 +0200

    Pass TO_* via compiler flag
    
    And get rid of reb-to.h.

commit 7cf1f1cc5d1390250581ebc131dcbe0208c7cafb
Author: Andreas Bolka
Date:   Fri Jul 30 10:00:34 2010 +0200

    Incorporate Linux-x86 A102 core lib
    
    The main change in this patch is the conditional definition of
    HOST_LIB_SUM for the respective targets.
    
    As the currently available libr3.so uses an older host lib interface
    (requiring 32 functions, instead of 30 as the current r3lib.dll),
    host-lib.h is adapted accordingly.

commit f610ed8f73159d826c499336463d897e30d921b2
Author: Andreas Bolka
Date:   Fri Jul 30 10:24:09 2010 +0200

    Add makefile for Linux-x86
    
    Main differences to the Windows-x86 makefile:
    
    - Made the struct packing requirements explicit by changing the
      -fpack-struct flag to -fpack-struct=4 (which effectively disables
      struct packing on x86, but not on e.g. amd64). This is necessary to
      avoid certain segfaults.
    
    - Removed dev-event.o and dev-clipboard.o from OBJS, as those don't
      exist yet for Linux.
    
    - Added host-readline.o to OBJS along with a compile rule. The readline
      functionality is needed by the Linux stdio device (dev-stdio.c).
    
    - Changed all compile rules for host-specific objects to use the sources
      from src/posix/ instead of src/win32/.
    
    - Adapted CFLAGS and LIBS.
    
    - Dropped the .exe suffix from binaries.
    
    - Adapted shell commands (cp/rm instead of copy/del).

Andreas Bolka, 2010-07-30, r3