aland@infmx.UUCP (Colonel Panic) (07/29/90)
Disclaimer: this article is solely my opinion. The official party line is that any given Informix port is supported only on those O/S's (and versions of O/S's) that it is documented to run on -- this typically means that it has been compatibility tested via full port-level QA. anyway... At present, we do separate ports for each supported 386 UNIX environment (DON'T ask me why or flame me on this -- I'm trying to turn it around myself). Typically, this means the "latest" AT&T Sys V/386 at porting time, and the "latest" SCO UNIX and XENIX versions. Interactive ports tend to follow later, and only then for the reason of supporting specific hardware (e.g. Data General's Dasher series runs a resold version of Interactive, so you can find a true Interactive port listed under DG). My question: is anybody using the AT&T ports on other flavors of "true" System V 3.X (e.g. Interactive 2.0.[01], 2.0.2, 2.2; ESIX; Bell Tech, etc.)? If so, with what level of success? Though I heartily disrecommend running the SCO UNIX ports on other flavors of UNIX, it seems to me that the AT&T ports would work on the other flavors. We don't mess with device drivers; as long as the other flavor can handle installpkg(1) (since our AT&T ports are formatted that way), I would *think* it would work. Unfortunately, I don't have ISC or ESIX versions to test on. Especially with the 4.0 ports for the 6386 series now complete (ISQL, I4GL, ESQL/C, C-ISAM, SE, and OnLine are complete; network stuff is still in progress), any compatibility feedback would be valued. If any of you have firsthand experience, please let me know via email. Thanks in advance. -- Alan Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland "The driver says, 'One more cup of coffee and I'll be all right...' 'Pop a Bennie, another Bennie'..." - The Bobs, "Bus Plunge"