pzl@hjuxa.UUCP (Twisted Systems Inc.) (09/13/89)
I have been trying to get C News to build and install on a System V.3
based system without much success. For starters, the Makefiles
gag on the test command. ("cannot load test").
Can anyone whos perhaps done a system V.3 based build send me some
hints/pointers. I'll summarize and post the results of this query.
Thanks,
Pete
uucp: {bellcore|rutgers|decvax|decuac|nssc05}!hjuxa!pzlhenry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (09/13/89)
In article <1598@hjuxa.UUCP> pzl@hjuxa.UUCP (Twisted Systems Inc.) writes: >I have been trying to get C News to build and install on a System V.3 >based system without much success. For starters, the Makefiles >gag on the test command. ("cannot load test"). >Can anyone whos perhaps done a system V.3 based build send me some >hints/pointers... Unfortunately, "System V.3" isn't specific enough. One of the systems we used for internal alpha testing is a V.3, or claims to be. The distributed stuff works fine there. Many System V "make"s violate the SVID by malfunctioning when presented with commands that are normally implemented as shell built-ins. The semicolons on the ends of the "test" lines prevent that in most of them. (If those lines don't have semicolons, you are badly behind on C News patches and should get an up-to-date version of the software.) -- V7 /bin/mail source: 554 lines.| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1989 X.400 specs: 2200+ pages. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
denny@mcmi.uucp (Denny Page) (09/14/89)
henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >Unfortunately, "System V.3" isn't specific enough. One of the systems we >used for internal alpha testing is a V.3, or claims to be. Cnews has been running on our 3B2 (sysV3.1) since early July. The current version works quite well. To get any kind of real preformance however, I consider dbz to be a must, and a C version of spacefor is highly recommended. -- Someday has arrived