[FreeVMS] Build system questions

[Roar Thronæs]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 09:32:04PM +0100, Guido wrote:
> 
> Ultimately we can use the grub that is installed on the host, but agreed 
> that it is low prio.

My patched grub has ODS-2 support, as you know.

> Some more questions:
> 
> - I found both struct TIME and VMSTIME, they both represent the 8 byte 
> VMS date/time. VMSTIME is redefined in quite a lot of c-files! Can we 
> agree on using just one of these and get rid of the other?

Both variants come from an earlier (Free)VMS project.

> - I also noted that some functions are declared and defined in entirely 
> different parts of the source tree. For instance, exe$bintim is declared 
> in lib/src/exe_routines.h but defined in sys/src/syscvrtim.c. What is 
> the rationale behind splitting up lib and sys? Or better, can they be 
> merged together (preferably somewhere inside linux/kernel)?

System headers for both the executive/kernel and user software?
VMS itself had things structured that way, between
librtl(?)/starlet (sys$starlet_c.tlb) and
lib (sys$lib_c.tlb). (Had to google to find those tlbs.)

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Regards,
Roar Thronæs