rlh2@eagle.ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh) (06/02/88)
Dear All,
Having had Minix 1.1 for over a year I decided it was time to upgrade.
I had missed all the 1.2 upgrades etc over the summer.
So I grubbed through a local archive of what I believe to be everything
and got the 1.1->1.2 diffs, extra programs and 1.2->1.3 diffs, etc.
I am doing my upgrade on a SUN workstation with fancy graphical tools to
manipulate the filesystem (ADVERT: these tools available for Workstations
from UKC 8-). This makes it much easier to do patching.
PROBLEM:
Can anybody send me complete v1.3 copies of the following headers:
/usr/include/ctype.h
/usr/include/grp.h
/usr/include/stdio.h
Mine are the wrong size by more than a trivial amount.
QUESTIONS:
What is fdisk ? Is it (scratches head to promote memory) a
program for harddisks only? I have a diff but not an original!
The sources for the Minix v1.2 C compiler is available from Unipress,
Ok. However did the binary for the compiler get posted
to the net? I have a uuencoded asld, did I miss the rest? If I
did would any kind soul mail me (rlh2@ukc.ac.uk) a uuencoded binary?
If it did'nt make it out would any kind soul still mail me a binary?
Missing /minix/command Files
compress.c -- my copy is authored by Richard Todd .. is this 1.3?
diskcheck.c -- is missing .. was this another harddisk checker?
(if so I DONT want it .. I'm floppyfied)
strings.c - which one is standard? I have one by T. Holm and one by
Peter S. Housel.
tsort.c - lost track of this one .. is it monty wall's version?
tty.c - in the commands directory not the kernel.
I gave up on this one .. I NEED A DEFINITIVE 1.3 Version
unless somebody can give me some context to search for through
an archive i.e. an author's name.
I have not compiled any of it yet. Mainly because I'd like to do it in
something like 15 minutes instead of 2 hours....was that what you quoted
for the difference between 1.1 and 1.2 compilers, Andy?
I am not looking forward to moving all the sources back and forth to/from a
PC, so I'll wait 'til the kernel diffs come out before trying a complete
rebuild 8-{
If you can help with any of my queries then I would be very grateful.
Thanks,
Richard
PS: Just think, with networking on the way I could have all my Minix filesystem
on a SUN and access it over the ether, with fs running remotely. Now all I
need is for somebody to port X Windows to Minix and I can leave the workstations
alone ... 8-}
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Richard Hesketh: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk |
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Computing Lab., University of Kent at Canterbury, |
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, England. |gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (06/06/88)
In article <5166@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh) writes: > > The sources for the Minix v1.2 C compiler is available from Unipress, > Ok. >-- >Richard Hesketh: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk | Is the C compiler source really available? If so how much does it cost and can you give me an address (or phone number) to get it? -- ========================================================================= Greg Pasquariello AT&T Product Integration Center ihnp4!picuxa!gp 299 Jefferson Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054 =========================================================================