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Amsterdam Compiler Kit Installation Guide
.AU
Ed Keizer
(revised for 3rd, 4th and 5th distribution by Ceriel Jacobs)
.AI
Vakgroep Informatica
Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam
.NH
Introduction
.PP
This document
describes the process of installing the Amsterdam Compiler Kit (ACK).
It depends on the combination of hard- and software how
hard it will be to install the Kit.
As of this distribution, installation on PDP-11's or other
systems with a small address space is no longer supported.
See section 8 for installation on other systems.
.NH
The ACK installation process
.PP
In the ACK installation process, three directory trees are used:
.IP "-"
the ACK source tree. This is the tree on the ACK distribution medium.
For the rest of this document, we will refer to this directory 
as $ACK_SRC_HOME;
.IP "-"
a configuration tree. This tree is built by the installation process and
is used to do compilations in. Its structure reflects that of the source tree,
but this tree will mostly contain Makefiles and relocatable objects.
For the rest of this document, we will refer to this directory 
as $CONFIG;
.IP "-"
an ACK users tree. This tree is also built by the installation process.
For the rest of this document, we will refer to this directory 
as $ACK_HOME;
.LP
After installation,
the directories in $ACK_HOME contain the following information:
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.IP "bin" 14
the few utilities that knot things together.
See the section about "Commands".
.IP "lib"
root of a tree containing almost all libraries used by
commands.
Files specific to a certain platform are collected in one subtree
per platform. E.g. "lib/cpm", "lib/pdpv7".
The names used here are the same names as used for subtrees
of "$ACK_SRC_HOME/plat". Each of the platform specific directory
contains the following libraries:
.TS
l l.
libb	B run-time system
libbc	Basic run-time system
libc	C run-time system
libpc	Pascal run-time system
libm2	Modula-2 run-time system
liboc	Occam run-time system
.TE

.IP "lib/descr"
command descriptor files used by the program ack to determine utilities to call.
.IP "lib/LLgen"
files used by the LL(1) parser generator.
.IP "lib/flex"
files used by the lexical analyzer generator Flex.
.IP "lib/m2"
definition modules for Modula-2.
.IP "lib/ack"
root of a tree containing almost all binaries used by
commands.
All programs specific to a certain platform are collected in one subtree
per machine. E.g. "lib/ack/pdpv7", "lib/ack/cpm".
The names used here are the same names as used for subtrees
of "$ACK_SRC_HOME/plat".
.IP "lib/ack/ego"
files used by the global optimizer.
.IP "lib/ack/lint"
binaries for the lint passes and lint libraries.
.IP "lib/ack/ceg"
files used by the code-expander-generator.
.IP "etc"
contains the file "ip_spec.t" needed for EM interpreters and EM documentation.
.IP "config"
contains two include files:
.TS
l l.
em_path.h	path names used by \fIack\fP, intended for all utilities
local.h	various definitions for local versions
.TE
These include files are specific for the current machine, so they
are in a separate directory.
.IP "include/_tail_cc"
.br
include files needed by modules
in the C library from lang/cem/libcc.
.IP "include/tail_ac"
.br
include files for ANSI C.
.IP "include/occam"
include files for occam.
.IP "include/_tail_mon"
.br
more or less system independent include files needed by modules
in the library lang/cem/libcc/mon.
.IP "h"
the #include files for:
.TS
l l.
arch.h	definition of the ACK archive format
as_spec.h	used by EM assembler and interpreters
bc_io.h	used by the Basic run-time system
bc_string.h	used by the Basic run-time system
cg_pattern.h	used by the backend program "cg" and its bootstrap
cgg_cg.h	used by the backend program "ncg" and its bootstrap
em_abs.h	contains trap numbers and address for lin and fil
em_ego.h	definition of names for some global optimizer
	messages
em_flag.h	definition of bits in array em_flag in
	$ACK_HOME/lib.bin/em_data.a. Describes parameters
	effect on flow of instructions
em_mes.h	definition of names for mes pseudo numbers
em_mnem.h	instruction => compact mapping
em_pseu.h	pseudo instruction => compact mapping
em_ptyp.h	useful for compact code reading/writing,
	defines classes of parameters
em_reg.h	definition of mnemonics indicating register type
em_spec.h	definition of constants used in compact code
ip_spec.h	used by programs that read e.out files
m2_traps.h	used by the Modula-2 run-time system
ocm_chan.h	used by the occam run-time system
ocm_parco.h	used by the occam run-time system
ocm_proc.h	used by the occam run-time system
out.h	defines the ACK a.out format
pc_err.h	definitions of error numbers in Pascal
pc_file.h	macro's used in file handling in Pascal
pc_math.h	used by the Pascal runtime system
ranlib.h	defines symbol table format for archives
stb.h	defines debugger symbol table types
.TE
.IP "modules"
root of a tree containing modules for compiler writers.
.IP "modules/man"
manual pages for all modules.
.IP "modules/lib"
contains module objects.
.IP "modules/h"
include files for some of the modules.
.IP "modules/pkg"
include files for some of the modules.
.IP "doc"
this directory contains the unformatted documents for the Kit.
A list of the available documents can be found in the last section.
These documents must be processed by [nt]roff.
.IP "man"
man files for various utilities.
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.LP
When installing ACK on several types of machines with a shared file system,
it may be useful to know that the "doc", "etc", "h",
"include", "lib" and "man" sub-directories do not depend on this
particular installation. They do not contain binaries or path-dependent
information. These directories can therefore be shared between the
ACK installations. This can be accomplished by creating the tree and
suitable symbolic links before starting the installation process.
.LP
For instance, let us say there is a file-system that is accessible from 
the different machines as "/usr/share/local", and the ACK binary tree
must be installed in "/usr/local/ack". In this case, proceed as follows:
.IP \-
create a directory "/usr/share/local/ack", with subdirectories
"doc", "etc", "h", "include", "lib" and "man".
.IP \-
create a directory "/usr/local/ack" and
then create symbolic links "doc" to "/usr/share/local/ack/doc", etc.
.LP
If this is done on all machines on which ACK will be installed, the
machine-independent part only has to be installed once, preferably
on the fastest processor (it takes a long time to install all libraries).
.LP
The directories in the source tree contain the following information:
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source of some shell-scripts.
.IP "lib"
mostly description files for the "ack" program. 
.IP "etc"
the main description of EM sits here.
Files (e.g. em_table) describing
the opcodes and pseudos in use,
the operands allowed, effect in stack etc. etc.
.IP "mach"
just there to group the directories with all sources for each machine.
The section about "Machines" of this manual indicates which subdirectories
are used for which systems.
.br
These directories have subdirectories named:
.in +3n
.TS
l l.
cg	the backend code generator  (*.m => *.s)
ncg	the new backend code generator  (*.m => *.s)
mcg	the modified backend code generator (*.m => *.s)
as	the CPU specific assembler (*.s => *.o) or
	assembler/linker (*.s + libraries => a.out)
cv	conversion programs for a.out files. Mostly replaced by "cvmach"
dl	down-load programs
top	the target optimizer
int	source for an interpreter (requires POSIX compliant host)
ce	code expander (fast back-end)

libem	to create runtime system used by code generators
libend	library defining end, edata, etext
libfp	to create floating point emulation library
libdb	to create debugger support library
libce	fast cc-compatible C compiler library support


test	various tests
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.in -3n
Actually, some of these directories will only appear in the configuration tree.
.br
The directory proto contains files used by most machines,
like machine-independent sources and Makefiles.
.in +3n
.TS
l l.
mach/proto/cg	current backend sources
mach/proto/ncg	new backend sources
mach/proto/as	assembler sources
mach/proto/top	target optimizer sources
mach/proto/fp	floating point package sources
mach/proto/libg	makefiles for compiling libraries
mach/proto/grind	machine-independent debugger support
.TE

.IP "plat"
Group of directories which are specific to each operating system. 
These dirctories have subdirectories named:

.TS
l l.
cvmach	conversion program to convert from a.out to platform specific binaries.
emu	system specific platform emulator or simulator used for testing.
libsys	system-dependent library used to interface with the operating system.
include/ack	system-dependent include files for building libc library, including mandatory "plat.h"
include/sys	system-dependent include files used with libsys.
.TE


.IP "emtest"
contains prototype of em test set.
.IP "lang"
just there to group the directories for all front-ends.
.IP "lang/pc"
the Pascal front-end.
.IP "lang/pc/libpc"
.br
source of Pascal run-time system (in EM or C).
.IP "lang/pc/test"
some test programs written in Pascal.
.IP "lang/pc/comp"
the Pascal compiler proper.
.IP "lang/cem"
the C front-end.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc"
.br
directories with sources of C runtime system, libraries (in EM or C). \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc/gen"
.br
sources for routines in chapter III of 
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programmers manual,
excluding stdio. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc/stdio"
.br
stdio sources. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc/math"
.br
sources for mathematical routines, normally available with the
\fB-lm\fP option to \fIcc\fP. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc/mon"
.br
sources for routines in chapter II, mostly written in EM. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/cemcom"
.br
the compiler proper. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "lang/cem/cemcom.ansi"
.br
the ANSI C compiler proper.
.IP "lang/cem/cpp.ansi"
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the ANSI C preprocessor.
.IP "lang/cem/libcc.ansi"
.br
Portable part of the ANSI C library sources. The platform specific source code is in
libsys.
.IP "lang

.IP "lang/cem/ctest"
.br
the C test set.
.IP "lang/cem/ctest/cterr"
.br
programs developed for pinpointing previous errors.
.IP "lang/cem/ctest/ct*"
.br
the test programs.
.IP "lang/cem/lint"
a C program checker.
.IP "lang/cem/lint/lpass1"
.br
the first pass of lint.
.IP "lang/cem/lint/lpass1.ansi"
.br
the first pass of lint, this time for ANSI C.
.IP "lang/cem/lint/lpass2"
.br
the second pass of lint, shared between ANSI C and "old-fashioned" C.
.IP "lang/cem/lint/llib"
.br
programs for producing lint libraries.
.IP "lang/basic"
the Basic front-end.
.IP "lang/basic/src"
.br
the compiler proper.
.IP "lang/basic/lib"
.br
the Basic run-time library source.
.IP "lang/basic/test"
.br
various Basic programs.
.IP "lang/occam"
the occam front-end.
.IP "lang/occam/comp"
.br
the compiler proper.
.IP "lang/occam/lib"
.br
source of occam run-time system (in EM or C).
.IP "lang/occam/test"
.br
some occam programs.
.IP "lang/m2"
the Modula-2 front-end.
.IP "lang/m2/comp"
the compiler proper.
.IP "lang/m2/libm2"
source of Modula-2 run-time system (in EM, C and Modula-2).
.IP "lang/m2/m2mm"
the Modula-2 makefile generator.
.IP "lang/m2/test"
some Modula-2 example programs.
.IP "lang/fortran"
the Fortran front-end (translates Fortran into C). This compiler is not
a part of ACK, but is included because it adds another language.
The Fortran system carries the following copyright notice:
.IP ""
.nf
/**************************************************************
Copyright 1990, 1991 by AT&T Bell Laboratories and Bellcore.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that the copyright notice and this
permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting
documentation, and that the names of AT&T Bell Laboratories or
Bellcore or any of their entities not be used in advertising or
publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
specific, written prior permission.
   
AT&T and Bellcore disclaim all warranties with regard to this
software, including all implied warranties of merchantability
and fitness.  In no event shall AT&T or Bellcore be liable for
any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages
whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether
in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action,
arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
this software.
**************************************************************/
.fi
.IP "lang/fortran/comp"
.br
the compiler proper.
.IP "lang/fortran/lib"
.br
source of Fortran runtime system and libraries.
.IP "fast"
contains sub-directories for installing the fast ACK compatible compilers.
.IP "fast/driver"
.br
contains the sources of the fast ACK compatible compiler drivers.
.IP "fcc"
contains the fast cc-compatible C compiler for SUN-3 and VAX.
.IP "modules"
root of a tree containing modules (optional install)
.IP "modules/src/alloc"
Memory management module.
.IP "modules/src/data"
Data structures and collections module.
.IP "modules/src/em_code"
EM assembly generator module (*.[km])
.IP "modules/src/em_data"
EM data managemet module.
.IP "modules/src/em_mes"
EM Message pseudo-instruction generator module. 
.IP "modules/src/em_opt"
EM Optimizer 
.IP "modules/src/flt_arith"
Floating point support routine module.
.IP "modules/src/object"
ACK Object file format support reader/writer module.
.IP "modules/src/print"
Light version of standard output routines. Optimized for space compared to standard C version.
.IP "modules/src/read_em"
Compact (*.k) EM reader module.
.IP "modules/src/string"
String utility module. 
.IP "modules/src/system"
Module related to the ACK system in general as well as wrapper over standard C library calls to 
solve portability issues. 
.IP "util"
contains directories with sources for various utilities.
.IP "util/ack"
the program used for translation with the Kit.
.IP "util/amisc"
contains some programs handling ACK a.out format, such as anm, asize.
.IP "util/arch"
the archivers to be used for all EM utilities.
.IP "util/ass"
the EM assembler and linker (*.[km] + libraries => e.out).
.IP "util/byacc"
this is Berkeley yacc, in the public domain. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "util/ceg"
code expander generator.
.IP "util/cgg"
a program needed for compiling backends.
.IP "util/cmisc"
contains some programs to help in resolving name conflicts, and
a dependency generator for makefiles.
.IP "util/cpp"
the C preprocessor. \fIObsolete\fP.
.IP "util/ego"
the global optimizer.
.IP "util/grind"
a symbolic debugger.
.IP "util/int"
an EM interpreter, written in C. Very useful for checking out software.
.IP "util/led"
the ACK link-editor, reading CPU specific ACK relocatable a.out format, and writing
ACK a.out format.
.IP "util/LLgen"
the extended LL(1) parser generator.
.IP "util/make"
simple make tool.
.IP "util/misc"
decode (*.[km] => *.e) + encode (*.e => *.k).
.IP "util/ncgg"
a program needed for compiling the newest backends.
.IP "util/opt"
the EM peephole optimizer (*.k => *.m).
.IP "util/shf"
various shell files.
.IP "util/topgen"
the target optimizer generator.
.IP "util/flex"
this is a replacement for lex. \fIObsolete\fP. It carries the following copyright notice:
.IP ""
.nf
Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.

This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
Vern Paxson.

The United States Government has rights in this work pursuant
to contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States
Department of Energy and the University of California.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
provided that: (1) source distributions retain this entire
copyright notice and comment, and (2) distributions including
binaries display the following acknowledgement:  ``This product
includes software developed by the University of California,
Berkeley and its contributors'' in the documentation or other
materials provided with the distribution and in all advertising
materials mentioning features or use of this software.  Neither the
name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be
used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
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.LP
All path names mentioned in the text of this document are relative to
$ACK_SRC_HOME, unless they start with '/' or one of $ACK_SRC_HOME,
$ACK_HOME or $CONFIG.
.NH
Restoring the ACK tree
.PP
The process of installing the Amsterdam Compiler Kit is quite simple.
The first step is to restore the Amsterdam Compiler Kit
distribution tree structure.
Proceed as follows
.IP "  \-" 10
Create a directory, for example /usr/share/local/src/ack, on a device
with at least 15 Megabytes left. This directory will be $ACK_SRC_HOME.
.IP "  \-"
Change to that directory (cd ...).
.IP "  \-"
Extract all files from the distribution medium, for instance
magtape:
\fBtar x\fP.
.IP "  \-"
Keep a copy of the original distribution to be able to repeat the process
of installation in case of disasters.
This copy is also useful as a reference point for diff-listings.
.NH
Adapting ACK to the local system
.PP
Before compiling the sources in the Kit some installation dependent
actions have to be taken.
Most of these are performed by an interactive shell script in the file
.I $ACK_SRC_HOME/first/first.
Calling this script should be done
from another directory, for instance an empty directory which will later
become $CONFIG.
.LP
The actions of the
.I first
script are:
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.IP \-
Asking for the path names of the ACK source directory ($ACK_SRC_HOME), the
configuration directory ($CONFIG), and the ACK users directory ($ACK_HOME).
About 5M are needed for the configuration tree. The disk space needed
for the ACK users tree depends on which front-ends and back-ends are to be
installed.
For instance, on our SPARC systems
we have installed all languages and 6 back-ends, including the
system-independent part. This amounts to about 16M.
On our SUN-3 systems, we have installed all front-ends and 5 back-ends,
but only the machine-dependent part. The machine-independent directories are
symbolic links to the SPARC ACK users tree.
We also have the fast ACK compilers
installed on the SUN-3's.
The total amount of disk-space used is less than 8M.
.IP \-
Asking for what type of system the binary tree must be produced for
and creating the shell script "ack_sys" in the Kit's bin directory.
Several utilities make use of "ack_sys" to determine the type of
system.
The current choice is between:
.TS
c c c
l l l.
answer	system type	default machine
vax_bsd4_1a	VAX11 + BSD4.1a	vax4
vax_bsd4_2	VAX11 + BSD4.2	vax4
vax_sysV_2	VAX11 + System V.2	vax4
i386	Intel 80386 system + Xenix System V	i386
sun3	Sun-3 Motorola 68020 workstation	sun3
sun2	Sun-2 Motorola 68010 workstation	sun2
m68_sysV_0	68000 + Uniplus System V.0	mantra
m68020	Motorola 68020 VME131 + System V/68 R2V2.1	m68020
sparc	Sun-4 or SPARC workstation running SunOs 4	sparc
sparc_solaris	Sun-4 or SPARC workstation running Solaris 2	sparc_solaris
ANY	Neither of the above	???
.TE
For some of these, the installation procedure has not been tested, as
we don't have them.
For others, the installation procedure has only been tested with earlier
distributions, as we don't have those systems anymore.
However, the sun3 and sparc systems are known to behave reasonably.
The sparc_solaris system has only been tested with the GNU C compiler,
because we don't have the SUN C compiler (it is unbundled in Solaris 2).
The Sun systems should run SunOs Release 3.0 or newer.
The i386 choice may also be used for Intel 80386 or 80486 systems
running 
.UX
System V Release 4. These systems are also able to run Xenix System V
binaries.
If the target system is not on this list, choose one that comes close.
If none of them come close, use the "ANY" choice.
For ANY, any name can be used,
but the Kit will not be able to compile programs for the target system.
See the section about "compilation
on a different machine".
.IP \-
Setting the default machine for which code is
produced to the local type of system according to the table above.
This in done in the file "$ACK_HOME/config/local.h".
See also section 9.1.
.IP \-
Asking for things that don't have to be installed.
.IP \-
Producing a shell script called "INSTALL" that will take care of the
ACK installation process.
.NH
Compiling the Kit
.PP
The next step in the installation process is to run the "INSTALL"
shell-script. When using a Bourne-shell, type:
.DS
sh INSTALL > INSTALL.out 2>&1 &
.DE
When using a C-shell, type:
.DS
sh INSTALL >& INSTALL.out &
.DE
This shell-script performs the following steps:
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.IP \-
Produce a configuration tree ($CONFIG), reflecting the structure of the
source tree. 
.IP \-
Produce Makefiles in $CONFIG.
As mentioned before, compilations
will be done in the configuration tree, not in the source tree.
Most configuration directories will have Makefiles
used to compile and install the programs in that
directory.
All programs needed for compilation and/or cross compilation
with the Kit are installed in $ACK_HOME by these Makefiles.
These Makefiles are produced from corresponding files called
"proto.make" in the source tree. In fact, the "proto.make" files
are almost complete Makefiles, except for some macro definitions that
are collected by the \fIfirst\fP script.
The Makefiles adhere to a standard which is described in the
section 9.
.IP \-
Copy "Action" files to the configuration tree and editing them to
reflect the choices concerning the parts of ACK that have to be
installed.  "Action" files are described below.
.IP \-
Copy part of the source tree to the ACK users tree (include files, 
manual pages, documentation, et cetera).
.IP \-
Calling the "TakeAction" script.
All these Makefiles do not have to be called separately.
We wrote a shell script calling the make's needed to install
the whole Kit.
This script consists of the file $ACK_SRC_HOME/TakeAction
and a few files called Action in some configuration directories.
The Action files describe in a very simple form which actions
have to be performed in which directories.
The default action is to start "make install && make clean".
The output of each make is diverted to a file called "Out"
in the same directory as the make was started in.
If the make was successful (return code 0) the Out file is removed
and the script TakeAction produces a small message indicating
that it succeeded in fulfilling its goal.
If the make was not successful (any other return code) the Out file
is left alone for further examination and the script TakeAction
produces a small message indicating that it failed.
.br
For some programs the scripts already know they can't be
installed on the local type of system.
In that case they produce a message "Sorry, ....." and
happily proceed with further installation commands.
.if n .sp 1
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.LP
Installation of the Kit might take anything from a few
hours to more than a day, depending on the speed of the local machine and
what must be installed.
.LP
If the installation succeeded, the Kit is ready to be used.
Read section 6 and the manuals provided
with the Kit (in the $ACK_HOME/man directory) on how to use it.
.NH 2
Problems
.NH 3
on Unisoft m68000 systems.
.PP
The Unisoft C compiler has a bug which impedes the correct
translation of the peephole optimizer.
For a more detailed description of this phenomenon see
the file "$ACK_SRC_HOME/mach/m68k2/Unisoft_bug".
(This observation was made in 1985 or so, so it is probably
no longer true).
.NH 3
with backends
.PP
The backends for the PDP11, VAX, Motorola 68000 and 68020,
SPARC, Intel 8086, and Intel 80386
have been heavily used by ourselves and are well tested.
The backends for the other machines are known to run our own
test programs,
but might reveal errors when more heavily used.
.NH 2
An example output of TakeAction.
.LP
.sp 1
.nf
    System definition -- done
    EM definition library -- done
    C utilities -- done
    Flex lexical analyzer generator -- done
    Yacc parser generator -- done
    system-call interface module -- done
        .
        .
        .
    EM Global optimizer -- done
    ACK archiver -- done
    Program 'ack' -- done
    Bootstrap for backend tables -- done
    Bootstrap for newest form of backend tables -- done
        .
        .
        .
    C frontend -- done
    ANSI-C frontend -- done
    ANSI-C preprocessor -- done
    ANSI-C header files -- done
    Failed for LINT C program checker, see lang/cem/lint/Out
    Pascal frontend -- done
    Basic frontend -- done
        .
        .
        .
    Vax 4-4 assembler -- done
    Vax 4-4 backend -- done
    Vax target optimizer -- done
    ACK a.out to VAX a.out conversion program -- done
    Sorry, Vax code expander library can only be made on vax* systems
    Vax 4-4 EM library -- done
    Vax 4-4 debugger support library -- done
    Vax 4-4 etext,edata,end library -- done
    Vax 4-4 systemcall interface -- done
        .
        .
        .
.sp 1
.fi
.LP
The lines starting with "Sorry, " indicate that certain programs cannot
be translated on the local machine.
The lines starting with "Failed for" indicate
that certain programs/libraries were expected to,
but did not compile.
In this example, the installation of LINT failed.
To repeat a certain part of the installation, look in
the Action file, which resides in the root of the configuration tree,
for the directory in which that part is to be found.
If that directory contains an Action file issue the command
"sh $CONFIG/bin/TakeAction", otherwise type "make install".
.NH
Commands
.PP
The following commands are available in the $ACK_HOME/bin directory after compilation
of the Kit:
.IP "\fIack\fP, \fIacc\fP, \fIabc\fP, \fIapc\fP, \fIocm\fP, \fIm2\fP, \fIf2c\fP  and their links" 14
.br
the names mentioned here can be used to compile Pascal, C, etc... programs.
Most of the links can be used to generate code for a particular
machine.
See also the section about "Machines".
.IP \fIarch\fP
the archiver used for the EM- and universal assembler/loader.
.IP \fIaal\fP
the archiver used for ACK objects.
.IP \fIem\fP
this program selects a interpreter to execute an e.out file.
Interpreters exist for PDP-11 and Motorola 68000 systems.
.IP \fIeminform\fP
the program to unravel the post-mortem information of
the EM interpretator for the PDP-11.
.IP \fILLgen\fP
the LL(1) parser generator.
.IP \fIack_sys\fP
a shell script producing an identification of the target system.
Used by some utilities to determine what is, and what is
not feasible on the target system.
.IP \fImarch\fP
a shell script used while compiling libraries.
.IP "\fIasize\fP, \fIanm\fP, \fIastrip\fP"
.br
do the same as \fIsize\fP, \fInm\fP and \fIstrip\fP, but for ACK object format.
.IP \fImkdep\fP
a dependency generator for makefiles.
.IP "\fIcid\fP, \fIprid\fP, \fIcclash\fP"
.br
some utilities for handling name clashes in C programs. Some
systems have C-compilers with only 7 or 8 characters significant in
identifiers.
.IP \fItabgen\fP
a utility for generating character tables for C-programs.
.IP \fIint\fP
an EM interpreter. This one is written in C, and is very useful for checking
out programs.
.IP \fIgrind\fP
a source level debugger for C, ANSI-C, Modula-2 and Pascal.
.IP "\fIafcc\fP, \fIafm2\fP, \fIafpc\fP"
.br
these are ACK-compatible fast C, Modula-2 and Pascal compilers,
available for M68020, VAX and Intel 80386 systems. They compile very fast,
but produce slow code.
.IP \fIfcc\fP
this is a cc-compatible fast C compiler, available on SUN-3 and VAX
systems. It compiles very fast, but produces slow code.
.LP
We currently make the Kit available to our users by telling
them that they should include the $ACK_HOME/bin directory in
their PATH shell variable.
The programs will still work when moved to a different
directory or linked to.
Copying should preferably be done with tar, since links are
heavily used.
Renaming of the programs linked to \fIack\fP will not always
produce the desired result.
This program uses its call name as an argument.
Any call name not being \fIcc\fP, \fIacc\fP, \fIabc\fP, \fIpc\fP, \fIf2c\fP,
\fIocm\fP, \fIm2\fP, or \fIapc\fP will be
interpreted as the name of a 'machine description' and the
program will try to find a description file with that name.
The installation process will only touch the utilities in the $ACK_HOME/bin
directory, not copies of these utilities.
.NH
Machines
.PP
Below is a table with entries for all commands in
the bin directory used to (cross)compile for a particular machine.
The name in the first column gives the name in the bin directory.
The column headed dir indicates which subdirectories of
$ACK_HOME/lib and/or $ACK_HOME/lib.bin are needed for compilation.
The column head i/p contains the integer and pointer size used in units of
bytes.
The subdirectories with the same name in mach contain the sources.
A * in the column headed 'fp' indicates that floating point can be used
for that particular machine. A + in that column indicates that floating
point is available under the '-fp' option. In this case, software
floating point emulation is used.
.TS
l l l l l l l.
command	system	i/p	languages	fp	dir	remarks

pdp	PDP/UNIX V7	2/2	C	*	pdp
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

vax4	VAX/BSD 4.?	4/4	C	*	vax4
	System V.2		Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

sparc	Sun-4	4/4	C	*	sparc
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

sparc_solaris	Sun-4	4/4	C	*	sparc_solaris
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

m68k2	M68000/	2/4	C	+	m68k2
	Unisoft		Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

m68k4	M68000/	4/4	C	+	m68k4
	Unisoft		Pascal		m68k2
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

pmds	M68000/	2/4	C	+	pmds	Philips Micro
	PMDS		Pascal		m68k2	Devel. System
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

pmds4	M68000/	4/4	C	+	pmds4	Philips Micro
	PMDS		Pascal		m68k2	Devel. System
			Basic		m68k4
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

mantra	M68000/	4/4	C	+	mantra
	Sys V.0		Pascal		m68k2
			Basic		m68k4
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

m68020	M68020/	4/4	C	+	m68020
	Sys V/68 R2V2.1		Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

sun3	Sun-3 R4.1	4/4	C	+	sun3
			Pascal		m68020
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

sun2	Sun-2 R3.0	4/4	C	+	sun2
			Pascal		m68k4
			Basic		m68k2
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

i86	IBM PC/IX	2/2	C	+	i86	IBM PC with PC/IX
			Pascal			Causes kernel crashes
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

xenix3	Microsoft	2/2	C	+	xenix3	IBM AT with Xenix
	Xenix V3		Pascal		i86
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

i386	SCO Xenix	4/4	C	+	i386	Intel 80386
	System V		Pascal			Xenix System V
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

minix	Minix PC	2/2	C	+	minix	IBM PC running Minix
			Pascal		i86
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

minixST	ST Minix	2/4	C	+	minixST	Atari ST running Minix
			Pascal		m68k2
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

z8000	Zilog 8000	2/2	C		z8000	Central Data
			Pascal			CPU board
			Basic			Assembler/loader
			occam
			Modula-2

em22	EM machine	2/2	C	*	em22	Needs interpreter
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

em24	EM machine	2/4	C	*	em24	Needs interpreter
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

em44	EM machine	4/4	C	*	em44	Needs interpreter
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

6500	6502/BBC	2/2	C		6500	Assembler/loader
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

6800	Bare 6800				6800	Assembler only

6805	Bare 6805				6805	Assembler only

6809	Bare 6809				6809	Assembler only

ns	Bare NS16032	4/4	C		ns
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran

i80	Hermac/z80	2/2	C		i80
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

z80	Hermac/z80	2/2	C		z80	\fIi80\fP is faster
			Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2

s2650	Signetics				s2650	Assembler only

arm	Acorn	4/4	C	*	arm	Assembler/loader
	Archimedes		Pascal
			Basic
			occam
			Modula-2
			Fortran
.TE
.LP
The commands \fBem22\fP, \fBem24\fP and \fBem44\fP
produce e.out files with EM machine code which must be interpreted.
The Kit contains three interpreters: one running under PDP 11/V7 UNIX,
one for the M68000, running under the PMDS system, Sun systems, 
the Mantra system, etc, and a portable one, written in C.
The first one can only interpret 2/2 e.out files,
the second takes 2/4 and 4/4 files,
and the last one takes 2/2, 2/4 and 4/4.
The PDP 11 interpreter executes floating point instructions.
.LP
The program \fB$ACK_HOME/bin/em\fP calls the appropriate
interpreter.
The interpreters are looked for in the em22, em24 and em44
subdirectories of $ACK_HOME/lib.bin.
The third interpreter is available as the program \fB$ACK_HOME/bin/int\fP
in the bin directory.
.NH
Compilation on a different machine.
.PP
The installation mechanism of the Kit is supposed to be portable across
.UX
machines, so
the Kit can be installed and used as a cross-compiler
for the languages it supports on any
.UX
machine.
The presence of most 
.UX
utilities is essential for compilation.
A few of the programs certainly needed are: sh, C-compiler, sed, ed,
make, and awk.
.NH 2
Backend
.PP
The existence of a backend with a system call library
for the target system is essential
for producing executable files for that system.
Rewriting the system call library if the one supplied does
not work on the target system is fairly straightforward.
If no backend exists for the target CPU type, a new backend has to be written
which is a major undertaking.
.NH 2
Universal assembler/loader, link editor
.PP
For most machines, the description files in $ACK_HOME/lib/*/descr use our
universal assembler and our link editor.
The load file produced is not directly
usable in any system known to us,
but has to be converted before it can be put to use.
The \fIcv\fP programs convert our a.out format into
executable files.
The \fIdl\fP programs present for some machines unravel
our a.out files and transmit commands to load memory
to a microprocessor over a serial line.
The file $ACK_HOME/man/man5/ack.out.5 contains a description of the format of
the universal assembler load file.
It might be useful to those who wish or need to write their
own conversion programs.
Also, a module is included to read and write our a.out format.
See $ACK_HOME/man/man3/object.3.
.NH
Options
.NH 2
Default machine
.PP
There is one important option in $ACK_HOME/config/local.h.
The utility \fIack\fP uses a default machine name when called
as \fIacc\fP, \fIcc\fP, \fIabc\fP, \fIapc\fP, \fIpc\fP, \fIocm\fP,
\fIm2\fP, \fIf2c\fP, or \fIack\fP.
The machine name used by default is determined by the
definition of ACKM in $ACK_HOME/config/local.h.
The Kit is distributed with "sun3" as the default machine,
but the shell script "first" in the directory "first" alters this
to suit the target system.
There is nothing against using the Kit as a cross-compiler
and by default produce code that can't run on the local system.
.NH 2
Pathnames
.PP
Absolute path names are concentrated in "$ACK_HOME/config/em_path.h".
Only the utilities \fIack\fP, \fIflex\fP, and \fILLgen\fP use
absolute path names to access files in the Kit.
The tree is distributed with /usr/em as the working
directory.
The definition of EM_DIR in em_path.h should be altered to
specify the root
directory for the Compiler Kit binaries on the local system ($ACK_HOME).
This is done automatically by the shell script "first" in the
directory "first".
Em_path.h also specifies which directory should be used for
temporary files.
Most programs from the Kit do indeed use that directory
although some remain stubborn and use /tmp.
.LP
The shape of the tree should not be altered lightly because
most Makefiles and the
utility \fIack\fP know the shape of the ACK tree.
The knowledge of the utility \fIack\fP about the shape of the tree is
concentrated in the files in the directory $ACK_HOME/lib/*/descr and $ACK_HOME/lib/descr/*.
.NH
Makefiles
.PP
Most directories contain a "proto.make", from which a Makefile is derived.
Apart from commands applying to that specific directory these
files all recognize a few special commands.
When called with one of these they will apply the command to
their own directory.
The special commands are:
.sp 1
.IP "install" 20
recompile and install all binaries and libraries.
.br
Some Makefiles allow errors to occur in the programs they call.
They ignore such errors and notify the user with the message
"~....... error code n: ignored".
Whenever such a message appears in the output it can be ignored.
.IP "cmp"
recompile all binaries and libraries and compare them to the
ones already installed.
.IP pr
print the sources and documentation on the standard output.
.IP opr
make pr | opr
.br
Opr should be an off-line printer daemon.
On some systems it exists under another name e.g. lpr.
The easiest way to call such a spooler is using a shell script
with the name opr that calls lpr.
This script should be placed in /usr/bin or $ACK_HOME/bin or
one of the directories in the PATH environment variable.
.IP clean
remove all files not needed for day-to-day use,
that is binaries not in $ACK_HOME/bin or $ACK_HOME/lib.bin, object files etc.
.LP
Example:
.DS
make install
.DE
given as command in a configuration directory will cause
compilation of all programs in the directory and copying of the results
to the $ACK_HOME/bin and $ACK_HOME/lib.bin directories.
.NH
Testing
.PP
Test sets are available in Pascal, C, Basic and EM assembly:
.IP EM 8
the directory $ACK_SRC_HOME/emtest contains a few EM test programs.
The EM assembly files in these tests must be transformed into
load files.
These tests use the LIN and NOP instructions to mark the passing of each
test.
The NOP instruction prints the current line number during the
test phase.
Each test notifies its correctness by calling LIN with a unique
number followed by a NOP which prints this line number.
The test finishes normally with 0 as the last number printed
In all other cases a bug showed its
existence.
.IP Pascal
the directory $ACK_SRC_HOME/lang/pc/test contains a few Pascal test programs.
All these programs print the number of errors found and a
identification of these errors.
.sp 1
.ti +4
We also tested Pascal with the Validation Suite.
The Validation Suite is a collection of more than 200 Pascal programs,
designed by Brian Wichmann and Arthur Sale to test Pascal compilers.
We are not allowed to distribute it, but a copy may
be requested from
.DS
Richard J. Cichelli
A.N.P.A.
1350 Sullivan Trail
P.O. Box 598
Easton, Pennsylvania 18042
USA
.DE
.IP C
the sub-directories in $ACK_SRC_HOME/lang/cem/ctest contain C test programs.
The idea behind these tests is:
if there is a program called xx.c, compile it into xx.cem.
Run it with standard output to xx.cem.r, compare this file to
xx.cem.g, a file containing the 'ideal' output.
Any differences will point to implementation differences or
bugs.
Giving the command "run gen" or plain "run" starts this
process.
The differences will be presented on standard output.
The contents of the result files depend on the word size,
the xx.cem.g files on the distribution are intended for a
32-bit machine.
.IP Basic
the directory $ACK_SRC_HOME/lang/basic/test contains some forty Basic programs.
Not all of these programs are correct, some have syntactic errors,
some simply don't work.
The Makefile in that directory attempts to compile and run
these tests.
If it compiles its output is compared to a file with suffix .g
which contains the output to be expected.
The make should be started with its standard input diverted
to /dev/null.
An example of the output of a make is present in the file Out.std.
.NH
Documentation
.PP
After installation, the manual pages for Amsterdam Compiler Kit can be found
in the $ACK_HOME/man directory. Also, the following documents are provided
in the $ACK_HOME/doc directory:
.TS
l l.
toolkit.doc	general overview (CACM article)
em.doc	description of the EM machine architecture
ack.doc	format of machine description files (lib/*/descr)
ansi_C.doc	ANSI C implementation description
basic.doc	Basic reference manual
pcref.doc	Pascal-frontend reference manual
val.doc	results of running the Pascal Validation Suite
crefman.doc	C-frontend description
LLgen	description of the LL(1) parser generator
peep.doc	internal documentation for the peephole optimizer
cg.doc	documentation for backend writers and maintainers
regadd.doc	addendum to previous document describing register variables
ncg.doc	documentation for the newest backends
v7bugs.doc	bugs in the V7 system and how to fix them
6500.doc	MSC 6500 backend description
i80.doc	Intel 8080 backend description
z80.doc	Zilog Z80 backend description
m68020.doc	Motorola M68000/M68020 backend description
sparc.doc	SPARC code expander description
occam.doc	occam-frontend description
ego.doc	Global Optimizer description
top.doc	Target Optimizer description
int.doc	description of the EM interpreter written in C
ceg.doc	documentation for code-expander writers and maintainers
lint.doc	documentation of LINT
m2ref.doc	Modula-2 frontend description
install.doc	this document
install.pr	this document (formatted for a simple line printer)
.TE
.LP
Use the Makefile to get readable copies.
.LP
Good luck.