mdella@polyslo.UUCP (08/31/87)
I am running an Intel 286 box (310/311 if anyone knows the peticulars) and
have Xenix R3.4 running currently on it. I just got copies of the news
programs (2.10.3) but cannot get them to compile correctly at all. Has
anyone created a localize.sh for this peticular configuration (or any
configuration close to it)? If so, could you please drop me a line at
the bottom address (not the same as the above address)...
Thanks for any help you can offer...
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...!dmsd ----/ | typing it all out!!!vrs@littlei.UUCP (Vincent R. Slyngstad) (09/04/87)
In article <427@polyslo.UUCP>, mdella@polyslo.UUCP (Marcos R. Della) writes: > I am running an Intel 286 box (310/311 if anyone knows the peticulars) and > have Xenix R3.4 running currently on it. I just got copies of the news > programs (2.10.3) but cannot get them to compile correctly at all. Has > anyone created a localize.sh for this peticular configuration (or any > configuration close to it)? If so, could you please drop me a line at > the bottom address (not the same as the above address)... Here is the localize.sh that we use on the sources for our XENIX box. The news sources are as they were distributed over the net with patches 1 thru 5 applied. ---------- cut here ----------- rm -f Makefile cp Makefile.dst Makefile chmod u+w Makefile ed - Makefile <<'EOF' g/^#USG /s/// g/ #NOTVMS/s/// g/^#V7/d g/^#BSD/d g/^#VMS/d /^HOME/s/exptools/news/ /^BINDIR/s;/usr/bin;/usr/local/news; /^SCCSID/d /^UUXFLAGS/s/ -z/ -z/ /^CFLAGS/s/-O/-Ml -O -DDBM/ .s/-Dindex.*strrchr// /^LFLAGS/s/-s/-Ml -F 4000/ /^LIBS/s/$/ -ldbm/ /^IOBJECTS/s/\\/uname.o \\/ w q EOF rm -f defs.h cp defs.dist defs.h chmod u+w defs.h ed - defs.h <<'EOF' /ROOTID/s/10/194/ /N_UMASK/s/000/002/ /NOTIFY/s/usenet/news/ /UUNAME/s/uucpname/systemid/ /DFLTSUB/s/general,all.announce/all/ /TMAIL/s;^;/*; /PAGE/s;/usr/ucb/more;/usr/bin/more; /DFTXMIT/s/ -z// /UXMIT/s;^;/*; /UUNAME/s;/\* ;; /DOXREFS/s;/\* ;; /HIDDENNET/s;/\* ;; /HIDDENNET/s;frooz;littlei; /MYORG/s=Frobozz Inc., St. Louis=/usr/lib/news/organization= /DEADTIME/s/45/300/ $a #define index strchr #define rindex strrchr . w q EOF -- Vincent R. Slyngstad UNIX Evaluation Engineering Intel Corporation (littlei!vrs)
paul@devon.UUCP (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.) (09/05/87)
In article <149@uvrs.littlei.UUCP> vrs@.UUCP (Vincent R. Slyngstad) writes: > In article <427@polyslo.UUCP>, mdella@polyslo.UUCP (Marcos R. Della) writes: > > I am running an Intel 286 box (310/311 if anyone knows the peticulars) and > > have Xenix R3.4 running currently on it. I just got copies of the news > > programs (2.10.3) but cannot get them to compile correctly at all. Has > > anyone created a localize.sh for this peticular configuration (or any > > configuration close to it)? If so, could you please drop me a line at > > the bottom address (not the same as the above address)... > > Here is the localize.sh that we use on the sources for our > XENIX box. The news sources are as they were distributed > over the net with patches 1 thru 5 applied. > ---------- cut here ----------- > rm -f Makefile > cp Makefile.dst Makefile > chmod u+w Makefile > ed - Makefile <<'EOF' > g/^#USG /s/// > g/ #NOTVMS/s/// > g/^#V7/d > g/^#BSD/d > g/^#VMS/d [ rest of localize.sh deleted to save space ] Hmm. I seen several messages passed back and forth on the net lately on the subject of getting news working on various version of XENIX. [ By the way: I wish people would remember that there are many different Xenix's out there. IE: sizeof(xenix_universe) != sizeof(xenix_v_286). Xenix runs on (gasp!) MC68000's too (and doesn't have those segmentation problems there, either)!! But I digress... ] Almost everyones Makefile defines USG and undefines V7. I created the news software here (Tandy Xenix 3.1.2) by defining V7. I have my reasons. For one thing, there is code used by readnews and vnews that looks at your mailbox, and tells you when you have mail. This applys to RN, too. Defining USG tells the code that the system mailbox directory is /usr/mail. Xenix uses the older (V7) /usr/spool/mail. So by defining USG, you are effectively disabling the tell-the-user-(s)he-has-new-mail feature, since the code will not find your mailbox. There are other examples, but you should get the picture. The point is that even though Xenix is supposed to be SYS3 compatable (versions 3.x) or SYSV compatable (V/286, V/386), there are many V7 things still there, so take heed! - paul By the way (again): Marcos said he was trying to get news 2.10.3 running on his Intel box, and Vincent sent his localize.sh for news "as distributed over the net". Since the only news software ever posted was version 2.11, I am assumming that Vincent is running ver 2.11 (patchlevel 5, as he stated), so the localize.sh he sent to Marcos my not work as advertised (for Marcos, at least!). -- Paul Sutcliffe, Jr. UUCP (smart): paul@devon.UUCP UUCP (dumb): ...{seismo,ihnp4,cbosgd}!bpa!vu-vlsi!devon!paul
vrs@littlei.UUCP (Vincent R. Slyngstad) (09/08/87)
In article <391@devon.UUCP>, paul@devon.UUCP (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.) writes: > In article <149@uvrs.littlei.UUCP> vrs@.UUCP (Vincent R. Slyngstad) writes: > > In article <427@polyslo.UUCP>, mdella@polyslo.UUCP (Marcos R. Della) writes: > > > I am running an Intel 286 box (310/311 if anyone knows the peticulars) and > > > have Xenix R3.4 running currently on it. I just got copies of the news > > > programs (2.10.3) but cannot get them to compile correctly at all. Has > > > anyone created a localize.sh for this peticular configuration (or any ... > > > > Here is the localize.sh that we use on the sources for our > > XENIX box. The news sources are as they were distributed > > over the net with patches 1 thru 5 applied. [ all of localize.sh deleted to save space ] ... > > [ By the way: I wish people would remember that there are many different > Xenix's out there. IE: sizeof(xenix_universe) != sizeof(xenix_v_286). I agree about XENIX versions; the thing that I left unstated was that I work for Intel and use Intel XENIX 3.4 extensively. I would have let the original article pass like all the others, were it not for my familiarity with exactly the version of XENIX in question, and my knowledge that that version of XENIX was running news on my box at work. > By the way (again): Marcos said he was trying to get news 2.10.3 running > on his Intel box, and Vincent sent his localize.sh for news "as distributed > over the net". Since the only news software ever posted was version 2.11, > I am assumming that Vincent is running ver 2.11 (patchlevel 5, as he > stated), so the localize.sh he sent to Marcos my not work as advertised > (for Marcos, at least!). You are correct; we run 2.11 patch level 5, not 2.10.3 (my mistake). Some changes may be required for 2.10.3 news (which I had working, but junked some time ago in favor of a colleague's 2.11 binaries). As with any freebie, you risk getting what you paid for :-). . . . . . -- Vincent R. Slyngstad UNIX Evaluation Engineering Intel Corporation (littlei!vrs)