rainwatr@ucqais.uc.edu (Donald J. Rainwater) (04/26/89)
I'm trying to get some "standard" Unix utilities to work on my RT (AIX 2.2.1). I want to build the compress program with the ability to work with 16 bits. When I compile with -DBITS=16 I don't get any errors, but I get "Memory fault - core dumped" when I try to uncompress something. Can someone tell me how compress should be built for AIX? I also have rzsz. It builds okay and doesn't get any errors, but I don't think I'm using it properly. Can anyone shed some light on this? Finally, I would appreciate it if someone could describe the differences I need to be aware of when building these and other programs. Most Makefiles don't include sections for building under AIX. What's the closest approximation (BSD, SYSV) ? Thanks for any info. -- Don Rainwater, University of Cincinnati Computer Center rainwatr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu rainwatr@ucbeh.bitnet rainwatr@ucqais.uc.edu
crash@jc3b21.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) (04/29/89)
From article <1663@ucqais.uc.edu>, by rainwatr@ucqais.uc.edu (Donald J. Rainwater): > > I'm trying to get some "standard" Unix utilities to work on my > RT (AIX 2.2.1). I want to build the compress program with the ability > to work with 16 bits. When I compile with -DBITS=16 I don't get any > errors, but I get "Memory fault - core dumped" when I try to uncompress > something. Can someone tell me how compress should be built for AIX? Hmmm... I didn't have any problem! I moved the source to the RT and compiled with no problems. I know this doesn't help, but ... :-) > I also have rzsz. It builds okay and doesn't get any errors, > but I don't think I'm using it properly. Can anyone shed some light > on this? I haven't even heard of that one. > Finally, I would appreciate it if someone could describe the > differences I need to be aware of when building these and other programs. > Most Makefiles don't include sections for building under AIX. What's > the closest approximation (BSD, SYSV) ? System V.2 is the closest, exact match. However, AIX also has alot of features from V.3 (shared libraries and such) and a few from BSD4.3 (like enhanced signals and some of the ioctl() stuff). The best list of compatibilities is probably in the Manual/book labeled "Operating System Diskettes, Volume I". At the back of that manual is a pamphlet called "Installation Diskettes"; it details what is included in AIX concerning programming modules as well as user features. > Thanks for any info. No sweat. > Don Rainwater, University of Cincinnati Computer Center > rainwatr@ucbeh.san.uc.edu > rainwatr@ucbeh.bitnet > rainwatr@ucqais.uc.edu Frank "Crash" Edwards ...!uunet!pdn!jc3b21!crash