TLIMONCE@DRUNIVAC.BITNET (Tom Limoncelli) (10/01/89)
Getting News v5.9 to run with VAX C 2.4 (and you thought it couldn't be done!) by Tom Limoncelli Due to political reasons we have VAX C, but no upgrades. (Don't ask how it happened, a lot of people are upset about it and our new sysman is gonna change it soon... but in the mean time). So, how does one re-compile News v5.9? I finally did it. 1-- in [.news_src]sortdef.h needs to be renamed to sordef.h. 2-- file [.news_src]clidef.h is missing, so you have to find it on the DECUS tape. I have it (from a friend that had the tape, THANKS!) and I guess I can send it to anyone that requests. 3-- Run NEWSBUILD.COM. I removed one of the comments and inserted a SET DEF so that I could submit it has a batch file. SUBMIT/NOTIFY is very useful. 4-- When it errors because it can't find a file, you'll notice that the line looks like: #include thing Change it to: #include "thing.h" (i.e. add .h and quotes) 5-- Repeat step three until you are done. Of course, if you are anal-retentive like me, you'll delete everything in [.NEWS_BUILD] before you begin all of this, thought that it really unneeded and wasteful. Ta da! -Tom --- Tom Limoncelli -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net Drew University -- Box 1060, Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 :) Standard Disclaimer: I am not the mouth-piece of Drew University (: "DEC's All-In-1 isn't completely useless, but it's a nice attempt."