[comp.unix.xenix] ksh on XENIX System V

spf@bonnie.ATT.COM (12/11/86)

Has anyone heard of a ksh port to XENIX System V?  After wading
through hierarchical make files and four different memory models
(using bogus cc/ld scripts) and several bizarre incantations,
I can't seem to get ksh to compile successfully on my AT&T 6300
running XENIX Sys V 2.  Words of advice, or a reference to an
already-ported version would be greatly appreciated.

Steve Frysinger
201/386-7010
***
Time is a helix of precious laughs.
		-- Happy the Man

jrs2@ablnc.UUCP (12/12/86)

I have compiled KSH International under XENIX Sys V  on my PC clone.
There are a couple of undocumented tricks to getting the make to succeed.
I don't recall right now what they all were but here's the ones I remember:
	1. Edit the makefile and duplicate the  Options= line and change
	   to OPTIONS= followed by the options. The capitalization of the
		word OPTIONS makes the difference.
	2. Make sure you use the small model. I think I'm having trouble
		with the medium model code generated by the compiler.
	3. To make the code fit into the  small model compile only
	   with emacs editing mode and without "VIRAW" and without
	   job control.

If you wish send me a formatted 640Kb diskette and I'll make you
a copy of the objects ksh and  suid_exec.
Also I have altered ksh-i for a 7 bit version which can tolerate
the bug in the vi editor which sets the 8th bit when passing commands
to the shell.

	Jim Smithson ablnc!jrs2 78L-4SC40 (305)660-6991 8,754-6991
	"You can't be sure of anything, that's for sure!"

dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (12/16/86)

A company called "Aspen Technologies" in NJ sells the Korn shell for
ATs running Xenix System V for $125.  Their phone number is
201-316-0866.  I don't know whether a 286 is required.
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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dyer@spdcc.UUCP (Steve Dyer) (12/17/86)

I'm sure you can't redistribute "ksh" binaries without a proper
binary redistribution license from AT&T.

I had no trouble getting ksh to compile and work fine using medium model
(-M2m flag to cc).
-- 
Steve Dyer
dyer@harvard.HARVARD.EDU
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