I have just released attempt #3 at integrating the Intel C/C++ compilers and debugger into a Fedora system. My earlier attempts were named fedora-icc and icc-extras, respectively. I've changed the name yet again. This time it is called intel-extras (because Intel has some other tools that need integrating, so the package will grow to include them over time). The major issue with my previous attempts was tracking new Intel releases. Non-paying schmucks like me don't get access to the same versions as paying customers, so releasing new versions of the package that did nothing but bump the Intel version number just didn't cut it. This time, I have included a script, intel-update, that automatically detects the latest version (or optionally, a specified version) of the Intel tools on your system and integrates that version into Fedora. Get it here: http://jjames.fedorapeople.org/intel-extras/ (WARNING: ugly web page alert!). The earlier attempts were in the public domain. This is a complete rewrite, and this time I'm releasing it under an MIT license. A person who understands liability better than I do talked me into this change. I'm willing to help Intel make this package completely unnecessary, free of charge. There are now actual man pages. They contain important information. Please read them. If there is sufficient interest in this, I'll try to find a good home to host the project for the long term. If only the < 5 people who tried out my earlier attempts use it, I probably won't bother. I tried to makes the scripts work with bash, ksh, and zsh. I believe they work with all 3. If you find otherwise, it's a bug. Please let me know. Since one version of my package has to work with multiple Intel versions, there is some ugliness in the version number handling. I don't see a better way to deal with the situation. If you do, please enlighten me. While I have tested this new release on both x86 and x86_64 platforms, there are bound to be some bugs. Please use this product with caution. In particular, please back up your system before you try it out. -- Jerry James http://loganjerry.googlepages.com/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
