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[tbox-l] sshd logging

[McFerrin, D. <Deb...@te...>]

Hi All-

I'm running aix 5.2 and have installed openssl-0.9.6m-1 and the
following ssh filesets:

  openssh.base.client     3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
Commands
  openssh.base.server     3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
Server
  openssh.license         3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
License
  openssh.man.en_US       3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
  openssh.base.client     3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
Commands
  openssh.base.server     3.7.0.5200  COMMITTED  Open Secure Shell
Server

All is running quite nicely except for the logging.  My question is when
sshd starts up or a user performs a sftp, the log timestamp is GMT
instead of CDT.  I've played around with the TZ environment variable but
have had no success.  The TZ variable now is CST6CDT.  Is there some
option I need to set or some little something I've missed?

Thanks-

Debie McFerrin
Texas Education Agency
512-463-9755

Re: [tbox-l] Installing rsync-2.5.4-3 fails with libpopt.a dependancy

[Pierre H. <pi...@ca...>]

Hello David...

Thanks for your fast and precise (as usual...:) response. I have to 
apologize, I hadn't noticed the popt package; I was looking for a libpopt 
package and apparently had the blinders on...:(

Installing popt-1.7-1 fixed everything.

Thanks again,

P.

Pierre Hildebrand B.Eng                                       514-938-6144
Technical Sales Specialist - pSeries e-servers
IBM Canada Ltd.
pi...@ca...





David Clissold <cl...@au...> 
Sent by: aix...@ww...
08/09/2004 05:34 PM

To
Pierre Hildebrand/Quebec/IBM@IBMCA
cc
aix...@ww...
Subject
Re: [tbox-l] Installing rsync-2.5.4-3 fails with libpopt.a dependancy






Hi Pierre,

First the short answer:  Installing the latest popt rpm image will give 
you
the dependency you need.  A link to the image:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/rpm/popt-1.7-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm



Now the longer answer:
rpm.rte itself only depends on libpopt.so.0 and never included 
libpopt.a...
and consequently there was no libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0).  The version of 
popt
provided originally in the Toolbox was 1.5, without libpopt.a.  Last year,
popt was updated to 1.7, which now included libpopt.a.  Since the older 
rsync
was built with the older popt installed, it just used libpopt.so.0 and 
didn't
care about libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0).... and even worked without installing 
the
'popt' rpm because the dependency was met by rpm.rte.  But when rsync was
updated later, it was built using the newer version of popt, with 
libpopt.a.
That means at runtime, it also needs the popt 1.7 rpm installed as a 
dependency.
Sometimes when a package is updated, it pulls in new dependencies that it
didn't have before, and this is one of those cases (though I hadn't 
noticed
this particular one before).
Installing 1.7 won't hurt your rpm.rte.  In fact, the libpopt.so.0 within
rpm.rte 3.0.5.36 is the one from popt version 1.7.

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:38:18PM -0400, Pierre Hildebrand wrote:
> Hello...
> 
> I'm trying to install the latest rsync package on a AIX 5.1 system:
> 
> root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ rpm -Uvh rsync-2.5.4-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0) is needed by rsync-2.5.4-3
> 
> and yet:
> 
> root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ ls -l /opt/freeware/lib/*pop*
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0 -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system        53386 Sep 08 2003 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           11 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/rpmpopt -> rpm/rpmpopt
> 
> After some digging, it looks like the libraries are delivered in 
rpm.rte. 
> I'm running with 3.0.5.36.
> 
> Am I missing something here? Is it simply a matter of a missing link 
> between libpopt.a and libpopt.so.0? I noticed that this doesn't occur 
with 
> rsync-2.5.4-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm, but happens with 
> rsync-2.5.4-?.aix5.1.ppc.rpm.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
> Pierre Hildebrand B.Eng 514-938-6144
> Technical Sales Specialist - pSeries e-servers
> IBM Canada Ltd.
> pi...@ca...
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Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice

[Timothy J. B. <tj...@st...>]

On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Stef Coene wrote:

> On Thursday 05 August 2004 23:23, you wrote:
> > I too was looking for a port.  I tried working through compiling the
> > source, but it was way to much for a "non-developer" type.  
> Same for me.  There are allmost no docs on how to compile openoffice.
> 
> > It would  
> > sure be nice to have on AIX.
> Yep.  I will try to compile it and let you know the results.
> 
> Stef
> 
> -- 
<snip>

Well, AFTER I sent of a request to start an AIX port on OpenOffice.org, I
found there there is one already in work, with a proposed merge at version
2.0.



"I'm a big fan of ignorance based techniques, because humans 
have a lot of ignorance, and we want to play our strong suit."
  Eric Lander  New Scientist

Re: [tbox-l] Installing rsync-2.5.4-3 fails with libpopt.a dependancy

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

Hi Pierre,

First the short answer:  Installing the latest popt rpm image will give you
the dependency you need.  A link to the image:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/rpm/popt-1.7-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm


Now the longer answer:
rpm.rte itself only depends on libpopt.so.0 and never included libpopt.a...
and consequently there was no libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0).  The version of popt
provided originally in the Toolbox was 1.5, without libpopt.a.  Last year,
popt was updated to 1.7, which now included libpopt.a.  Since the older rsync
was built with the older popt installed, it just used libpopt.so.0 and didn't
care about libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0).... and even worked without installing the
'popt' rpm because the dependency was met by rpm.rte.  But when rsync was
updated later, it was built using the newer version of popt, with libpopt.a.
That means at runtime, it also needs the popt 1.7 rpm installed as a dependency.
Sometimes when a package is updated, it pulls in new dependencies that it
didn't have before, and this is one of those cases (though I hadn't noticed
this particular one before).
Installing 1.7 won't hurt your rpm.rte.  In fact, the libpopt.so.0 within
rpm.rte 3.0.5.36 is the one from popt version 1.7.

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:38:18PM -0400, Pierre Hildebrand wrote:
> Hello...
> 
> I'm trying to install the latest rsync package on a AIX 5.1 system:
> 
> root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ rpm -Uvh rsync-2.5.4-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0) is needed by rsync-2.5.4-3
> 
> and yet:
> 
> root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ ls -l /opt/freeware/lib/*pop*
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0 -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system        53386 Sep 08 2003 
> /opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           11 Jun 22 14:35 
> /opt/freeware/lib/rpmpopt -> rpm/rpmpopt
> 
> After some digging, it looks like the libraries are delivered in rpm.rte. 
> I'm running with 3.0.5.36.
> 
> Am I missing something here? Is it simply a matter of a missing link 
> between libpopt.a and libpopt.so.0? I noticed that this doesn't occur with 
> rsync-2.5.4-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm, but happens with 
> rsync-2.5.4-?.aix5.1.ppc.rpm.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
> Pierre Hildebrand B.Eng                                       514-938-6144
> Technical Sales Specialist - pSeries e-servers
> IBM Canada Ltd.
> pi...@ca...

[tbox-l] Installing rsync-2.5.4-3 fails with libpopt.a dependancy

[Pierre H. <pi...@ca...>]

Hello...

I'm trying to install the latest rsync package on a AIX 5.1 system:

root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ rpm -Uvh rsync-2.5.4-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        libpopt.a(libpopt.so.0) is needed by rsync-2.5.4-3

and yet:

root@pierreh(/tempspace)$ ls -l /opt/freeware/lib/*pop*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           16 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0 -> libpopt.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system        53386 Sep 08 2003 
/opt/freeware/lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     system           11 Jun 22 14:35 
/opt/freeware/lib/rpmpopt -> rpm/rpmpopt

After some digging, it looks like the libraries are delivered in rpm.rte. 
I'm running with 3.0.5.36.

Am I missing something here? Is it simply a matter of a missing link 
between libpopt.a and libpopt.so.0? I noticed that this doesn't occur with 
rsync-2.5.4-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm, but happens with 
rsync-2.5.4-?.aix5.1.ppc.rpm.

Thanks in advance,

Pierre


Pierre Hildebrand B.Eng                                       514-938-6144
Technical Sales Specialist - pSeries e-servers
IBM Canada Ltd.
pi...@ca...

Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice

[mrvalley <va...@ll...>]

  Thanks!  That would be greatly appreciated.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Stef Coene" <ste...@do...>
  To: "Michael Valley" <va...@ll...>
  Cc: <aix...@ww...>
  Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 3:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice


  On Thursday 05 August 2004 23:23, you wrote:
  > I too was looking for a port.  I tried working through compiling the
  > source, but it was way to much for a "non-developer" type.
  Same for me.  There are allmost no docs on how to compile openoffice.

  > It would
  > sure be nice to have on AIX.
  Yep.  I will try to compile it and let you know the results.

  Stef

  -- 
  ste...@do...
  "Using Linux as bandwidth manager"
  http://www.docum.org/



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice

[Stef C. <ste...@do...>]

On Thursday 05 August 2004 23:23, you wrote:
> I too was looking for a port.  I tried working through compiling the
> source, but it was way to much for a "non-developer" type.  
Same for me.  There are allmost no docs on how to compile openoffice.

> It would  
> sure be nice to have on AIX.
Yep.  I will try to compile it and let you know the results.

Stef

-- 
ste...@do...
 "Using Linux as bandwidth manager"
     http://www.docum.org/

Re: [tbox-l] Python (install or compile)

[Andrew E. <and...@gm...>]

> You need the following:
> ...
> > and config log complains of "collect2: Library libm not found"

Thanks for that - I got 2.2 installed from RPM then realised the
release notes for my app were wrong - it needed the new email stuff
from 2.2.2

:-(

> created by the fixincludes script are not correct. Can you verify that the
> include files installed under /opt/GNUpro have correct permissions that
> allow access by the user compiling python? 

aha - some dirs were missing go+x Ta

Nailed that, installed 2.3.4 from source and all ok
Thanks
Andrew

Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

I'm not aware of any completed port of OpenOffice to AIX; I don't think it has
happened.
It looks like there has been some gradual work done on it, but not a lot.
For what info there is, look at http://porting.openoffice.org, or more
specifically, search their porting mailing list archives for AIX.  You'll find
a few discussions:
http://porting.openoffice.org/servlets/SearchList?list=dev&searchText=AIX&defaultField=subject&Search=Search


On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 09:58:20PM +0200, Stef Coene wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for OpenOffice for AIX.  Anybody working on a port?
> There are patches for OO to get it to compile on AIX, I tried to apply them, 
> but the compilation is failing.
> So, is there a binary version available for AIX and/or is anybody working on 
> it?
> 
> Stef
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

Re: [tbox-l] OpenOffice

[Michael V. <va...@ll...>]

I too was looking for a port.  I tried working through compiling the
source, but it was way to much for a "non-developer" type.  It would
sure be nice to have on AIX.

Stef Coene wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for OpenOffice for AIX.  Anybody working on a port?
> There are patches for OO to get it to compile on AIX, I tried to apply them, 
> but the compilation is failing.
> So, is there a binary version available for AIX and/or is anybody working on 
> it?
> 
> Stef
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list
> 

-- 
Michael Valley, IBM (mrv...@us...)
925-424-4184
Bldg. 116; Rm. 2621
va...@ll...

[tbox-l] OpenOffice

[Stef C. <ste...@do...>]

Hi,

I'm looking for OpenOffice for AIX.  Anybody working on a port?
There are patches for OO to get it to compile on AIX, I tried to apply them, 
but the compilation is failing.
So, is there a binary version available for AIX and/or is anybody working on 
it?

Stef

[tbox-l] Security update: libpng-1.2.1-6

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

A new security patch has been made to the libpng library, which has been
uploaded to the AIX Toolbox site.
Note that this is *not* a new version of libpng; it is simply a patch to
the existing 1.2.1 version in the Toolbox.  (1.2.5 is their latest, but they
have provided patches for many libpng versions.)
The libpng home page is:
  http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
For security-related details, see:
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-217A.html

You should check and see if you have libpng installed on your system.  If
so, it is recommended that you install this updated revision:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/libpng/libpng-1.2.1-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

and if you the corresponding development package libpng-devel, the update is:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/libpng/libpng-devel-1.2.1-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Re: [tbox-l] Python (install or compile)

[Philip K W. <pk...@us...>]

aix...@ww... wrote on 08/05/2004 
08:50:59 AM:
> rpm -Uvh python-2.2-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libdb.a(libdb-3.3.so.0) is needed by python-2.2-4
>         libexpat.a(libexpat.so.0) is needed by python-2.2-4
>         libgdbm.a(libgdbm.so.2) is needed by python-2.2-4
>         libreadline.a(libreadline.so.4) is needed by python-2.2-4

You need the following:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/db/db-3.3.11-3.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/expat/expat-1.95.2-4.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/gdbm/gdbm-1.8.0-5.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/readline/readline-4.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

In addition, these packages may pull in additional dependencies, but they 
will at least allow you to proceed.

> and config log complains of "collect2: Library libm not found"

You are likely missing the bos.adt.libm package, which is shipped with AIX 
and provides the math library /usr/lib/libm.a. This library is required to 
build (and run) a lot of software on AIX.

> sys/types.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified 
action.
> sys/wait.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified 
action.
> sys/localedef.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified 
action.

These are not good error messages to get while compiling. GCC runs a 
program called fixincludes after it is installed, which creates a set of 
include files which have been "sanitized" for use by GCC. I would think 
that these error messages indicate that the permissions on the files 
created by the fixincludes script are not correct. Can you verify that the 
include files installed under /opt/GNUpro have correct permissions that 
allow access by the user compiling python? You may also want to check the 
permissions on the system include files in /usr/include to make sure they 
are correct as well. Running a program like lppchk may help determine if 
the system include files have incorrect permissions.

--
Philip K. Warren
pk...@us...
Phone: 512.838.8924
T/L 678.8924

[tbox-l] Python (install or compile)

[Andrew E. <and...@gm...>]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to install python onto an AIX 5.1 ml04 box and have tried 2 methods:

install of the RPM from the website:

rpm -Uvh python-2.2-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        libdb.a(libdb-3.3.so.0) is needed by python-2.2-4
        libexpat.a(libexpat.so.0) is needed by python-2.2-4
        libgdbm.a(libgdbm.so.2) is needed by python-2.2-4
        libreadline.a(libreadline.so.4) is needed by python-2.2-4

and I don't see the lib* rpms on the toolbox download page


method 2 - install gcc and g++ from the toolbox site and compile
Ptyhon 2.3.4 from source

a) ./configure 

bombs out with:


checking for g++... g++
checking for C++ compiler default output... configure: error: C++
compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

and config log complains of "collect2: Library libm not found"


so, b) ./configure --with-gcc --with-cxx=g++ --with-libm="" --disable-ipv6
at least makes me a Makefile, but wont compile (several autoconf warning)

--- 
 make
        g++ -c -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include  -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o
Modules/ccpython.o ./Modules/ccpython.cc
In file included from Include/Python.h:28,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/stdio.h:386:
sys/types.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified
action.
In file included from Include/Python.h:33,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/string.h:39:
sys/types.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified
action.
In file included from
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/math.h:386,
                 from Include/pyport.h:92,
                 from Include/Python.h:48,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/stdlib.h:227:
sys/wait.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified
action.
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/stdlib.h:439:
sys/types.h: The file access permissions do not allow the specified
action.
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ibm-aix5.1.0.0/2.9-aix51-020209/include/stdlib.h:443:
sys/localedef.h: The file access permissions do not allow the
specified action.
In file included from Include/pyport.h:105,
                 from Include/Python.h:48,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
/usr/include/time.h:157: sys/types.h: The file access permissions do
not allow the specified action.
In file included from Include/Python.h:48,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
Include/pyport.h:157: sys/stat.h: The file access permissions do not
allow the specified action.
Include/pyport.h:554: #error "LONG_BIT definition appears wrong for
platform (bad gcc/glibc config?)."
In file included from Include/unicodeobject.h:55,
                 from Include/Python.h:74,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
/usr/include/ctype.h:110: sys/localedef.h: The file access permissions
do not allow the specified action.
In file included from Include/Python.h:135,
                 from ./Modules/ccpython.cc:3:
Include/pyfpe.h:8: warning: `\' followed by white space at end of line
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.


Stop.
---

and all this is to try and run Mailman on the machine (any chance of a
toolbox image?)


Any hints?

Re: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[Mike <mi...@mi...>]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004, David Clissold wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:29:36PM -0500, Mike wrote:
> > I can build these things, but I like the idea of the *.rpm to keep
> > separate those things that come as part of the BOS and those things
> > that I've added on. The differences between installp and rpm do
> > that nicely.
> 
> Mike -- want to try an experiment?
> 
> Suppose that you want a package which is not in the Toolbox, but you find that
> it is pre-built at the UCLA site.  Their image is just a compressed tarball,
> and you'd rather it be in rpm format, but you also aren't particularly excited
> about building it yourself.
> 
> So -- how about converting their tarball into an installable rpm image without
> actually building anything?  You could do this without really having to know
> much about rpm builds, using the file below.
> 
> Visit http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu and find the package you want, then
> download it.  Save the file below (and edit it if a different package is
> desired).  Then run:  "rpm -bb net-snmp.spec" assuming net-snmp.spec is the
> name of the saved file.  Conventionally you'd put this file in
> /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS, but you could store it anywhere.
> 
> This method ought to work with pretty much any of the UCLA images.  Note
> that theirs are built based in /usr/local, so if you use that directory for
> your own other uses, take care that you don't overwrite any of your own files
> that you might have copied there.  If this is a concern, list the files
> in the package (rpm -qlp <rpmname>) after you create the package but before
> you install it.
> 
> -- 
> David Clissold
> cl...@au...

Submitted for your enjoyment:

(change USER below to your account name)
------------------------------------------------------


#!/usr/bin/perl

# $Id$
# $Log$

# read a file of packages to get from the UCLA AIX site
# if the package already exists, go to the next
# pull the package, run a spec file on it to create the rpm file
# send a notification of a new package

use Net::FTP;
use strict;
use warnings;

my @packages;
my @pulled;
my %files;
my %archversions;
my $cfgfn = shift || 'ucla-tarball-rpm.cfg';
my %cfg;
my @a;

system("rm -f store/lsof*.Z");

# read the config file
#open(CFG, "<$cfgfn") or die "$0: unable to read '$cfgfn': $!";
while(<DATA>) {
	next if /^#/o;
	next if /^\s*$/o;
	chomp;
	@a = split(' ');
	if($a[0] eq 'package') {
		push(@packages, $a[1]);
	} else {
		$cfg{$a[0]} = $a[1];
	}
}
#close(CFG);

# make sure the storage place exists
mkdir $cfg{'store'} unless -d $cfg{'store'};
chdir $cfg{'store'};

# pull the tarball packages
my $ftp = Net::FTP->new($cfg{'host'})
		or die "$0: unable to reach host '$cfg{'host'}': $!";
$ftp->login($cfg{'user'}, $cfg{'pass'}, Debug => 9);
my $dir = $cfg{'dir'};
my $pkgdir = $dir;
$ftp->cwd($dir);
foreach my $package (@packages) {
	$pkgdir = $dir . '/' . $package;
	$ftp->cwd($pkgdir);
	if($ftp->pwd ne $pkgdir) {
		print "package $package not found\n";
		next;
	}
	$pkgdir .= '/RISC';
	$ftp->cwd($pkgdir);
	my @files = $ftp->dir or next;
	shift(@files);					# get rid of the first line
	@a = split(' ', $files[0]);
	my $highest = $a[$#a] || 'UNK';
	foreach my $file (@files) {		# get highest OS version
		@a = split(' ', $file);
		$highest = $highest < $a[$#a] ? $a[$#a] : $highest;
	}
	next if $highest eq 'UNK';
	$pkgdir .= '/' . $highest . '/exec';
	$ftp->cwd($pkgdir);
	if($ftp->pwd ne $pkgdir) {
		print "package $package not found\n";
		next;
	}
	@files = $ftp->dir;
	shift(@files);
	foreach my $file (@files) {
		@a = split(' ', $files[0]);
		$file = $a[$#a];
		$archversions{$file} = $highest;
		print "looking for $file\n";
		if(! -f $file) {
			print "getting $file\n";
			$ftp->binary;
			$ftp->get($file);
			push(@pulled, $file);
			$files{$file} = $package;
		}
	}
	$ftp->cwd($dir);
}
$ftp->quit;

# if $HOME/.rpmmacros exists
# read it, parse it, and create the necessary directories
if(-f "$ENV{'HOME'}/.rpmmacros") {
	open(RPM, "<$ENV{'HOME'}/.rpmmacros")
			or die "$0: unable to open ~/.rpmmacros: $!";
	while(<RPM>) {
		next unless /topdir/;
		@a = split(' ');
		$cfg{'topdir'} = $a[1];
	}
	close RPM;

	$cfg{'topdir'} = '/opt/freeware/src/packages' unless $cfg{'topdir'};
	$cfg{'rpmbuild'} = "$cfg{'topdir'}/BUILD";
	$cfg{'rpmrpms'} = "$cfg{'topdir'}/RPMS";
	$cfg{'rpmsrpms'} = "$cfg{'topdir'}/SRPMS";
	$cfg{'rpmsources'} = "$cfg{'topdir'}/SOURCES";

	system("mkdir -p $cfg{'rpmbuild'}");
	system("mkdir -p $cfg{'rpmrpms'}");
	system("mkdir -p $cfg{'rpmsrpms'}");
	system("mkdir -p $cfg{'rpmsources'}");
}

# create rpm packages from the pulled tarball packages
foreach my $file (@pulled) {
	my $date = scalar(localtime);
	my $package = $files{$file};
	my $pkgversion = $file;
	$pkgversion =~ s/^$package[-.]//;
	$pkgversion =~ s/.tar.gz$//o;
	$pkgversion =~ s/.tar.Z$//o;
	my $archversion = $archversions{$file} || '5.1';
	print "pulled $file for package $package\n";
	system("mkdir -p $cfg{'rpmsources'}");
	system("cp $file $cfg{'rpmsources'}");
	open(SPEC, ">$package.spec")
			or die "$0: unable to create file '$package.spec': $!";
	print SPEC <<EOF;
############################################################################
#  Download desired tarball from http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
#  Place the tarball in /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES
#  Edit "Summary:", "Name:", and "Version:" below to set package name/version.
#  Edit "Source0:" to match the filename of the compressed tarball.
#  Edit "License:" to indicate type of license;  It's up to you to read the
#    license and agree to it.  USE THIS IMAGE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
#  Edit "\%description" section to describe package as you like.
#  Edit "\%changelog" and follow the format as desired.  (Optional; you could
#    remove this section if you want).  
#  Save this file and use rpm to build an installable rpm image.  For example,
#    if this file is named "net-snmp.spec":
#       \$ rpm -bb net-snmp.spec
#  After a few minutes, this should finish and the rpm image should appear
#    in directory /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc.
#  Try "rpm -qip <filename>" and "rpm -qlp <filename>" to examine it before
#    installing.
#
#  If the 'rpm -bb' fails, you probably need more space in /var/tmp.
############################################################################
Summary: $package from http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
Name: $package
Version: $pkgversion
Source0: ${package}.${pkgversion}.tar.Z
Release: 1
License: BSD-like
Group: UCLA/Prebuilt
Prefix: /usr/local
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root

%description
This is $package pulled as file $file from $cfg{'host'}.
Pulled from the AIX $archversion directory on $date.

\%install
[[ \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT != "/" ]] && rm -rf \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
mkdir -p \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
cd \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
uncompress -c \%{SOURCE0} | tar -xf -

# Optional.  Would be nice to have the binaries stripped.
/usr/bin/strip .\%{prefix}/bin/* .\%{prefix}/sbin/* 2>/dev/null || :

\%clean
[[ \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT != "/" ]] && rm -rf \$RPM_BUILD_ROOT

\%files
\%defattr(-,bin,bin)
\%{prefix}/*
EOF
	close SPEC;
	system("rpm -bb $package.spec");
}

__DATA__

# connection settings
host aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
user anonymous
pass ai...@so...
dir /pub
store /home/USER/ucla/store
rpmsources /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES

# packages to pull
package apache
package autoconf
package automake
package bison
package cdrecord
package cfengine
package cvs
package db
package expect
package flex
package gnuplot
package gzip
package indent
package jabber
package less
package lsof
package make
package mkisofs
package mysql
package mutt
package net-snmp
package openldap
package openssl
package rcs
package rdist
package readline
package samba
package screen
package sudo
package tk
package tcl
package tcltk
package tcsh
package unzip
package zip

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Re: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

Kevin,

The issue with our distributing open source packages really isn't the building
or packaging of the images; it is a legal question.  We cannot distribute open
source packages -- whether just a version update or (even rarer) a new
package -- without extensive review and approval from the legal group.
So having it built externally doesn't help get it onto our own site, but
thanks for the offer.

Note that this doesn't stop anyone from building packages themselves and
sharing them with each other directly (though I know that's not what you were
asking).  Or even making their own images publicly available somewhere, from an
independent site of their own.

------

Changing the subject:
I haven't tried it, but I was just thinking that the same approach should
be possible to convert a Bull freeware image from installp format to rpm,
although there is probably less incentive to do so since they are already
nicely packaged up.  Since they are in .bff format, it would be a matter of
using the 'restore' command rather than un-tarring them.  Still, if they're
already in installp format, there's not much reason to.
Also: I discovered that you can completely omit the %prep and %build keywords
from that sample spec file I sent, since those sections are empty.  I had just
assumed they were always required, but they aren't.  (Not that there's any
harm in keeping them there either).

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 09:06:12AM -0500, Shortt, Kevin wrote:
> 
> David, 
> 
> Your idea for Mike is a great one.
> 
> If I do this, can I offer my rpm as a submission to the Toolbox for others
> to benefit from?
> (ala...Steve Christensen does this at www.sunfreeware.com with Solaris
> Packages)
> 
> Opening this channel could make the Toolbox bigger and stronger for those
> using and depending on it.
> 
> -k
> 

RE: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[Shortt, K. <KS...@az...>]

David, 

Your idea for Mike is a great one.

If I do this, can I offer my rpm as a submission to the Toolbox for others
to benefit from?
(ala...Steve Christensen does this at www.sunfreeware.com with Solaris
Packages)

Opening this channel could make the Toolbox bigger and stronger for those
using and depending on it.

-k



David Clissold wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:29:36PM -0500, Mike wrote:
>> I can build these things, but I like the idea of the *.rpm to keep
>> separate those things that come as part of the BOS and those things
>> that I've added on. The differences between installp and rpm do that
>> nicely.
> 
> Mike -- want to try an experiment?
> 
> Suppose that you want a package which is not in the Toolbox, but you
> find that it is pre-built at the UCLA site.  Their image is just a
> compressed tarball, and you'd rather it be in rpm format, but you
> also aren't particularly excited about building it yourself.   
> 
> So -- how about converting their tarball into an installable rpm
> image without actually building anything?  You could do this without
> really having to know much about rpm builds, using the file below.  
> 
> Visit http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu and find the package you want,
> then download it.  Save the file below (and edit it if a different
> package is desired).  Then run:  "rpm -bb net-snmp.spec" assuming
> net-snmp.spec is the name of the saved file.  Conventionally you'd
> put this file in /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS, but you could
> store it anywhere.     
> 
> This method ought to work with pretty much any of the UCLA images. 
> Note that theirs are built based in /usr/local, so if you use that
> directory for your own other uses, take care that you don't overwrite
> any of your own files that you might have copied there.  If this is a
> concern, list the files in the package (rpm -qlp <rpmname>) after you
> create the package but before you install it.     

Re: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 03:29:36PM -0500, Mike wrote:
> I can build these things, but I like the idea of the *.rpm to keep
> separate those things that come as part of the BOS and those things
> that I've added on. The differences between installp and rpm do
> that nicely.

Mike -- want to try an experiment?

Suppose that you want a package which is not in the Toolbox, but you find that
it is pre-built at the UCLA site.  Their image is just a compressed tarball,
and you'd rather it be in rpm format, but you also aren't particularly excited
about building it yourself.

So -- how about converting their tarball into an installable rpm image without
actually building anything?  You could do this without really having to know
much about rpm builds, using the file below.

Visit http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu and find the package you want, then
download it.  Save the file below (and edit it if a different package is
desired).  Then run:  "rpm -bb net-snmp.spec" assuming net-snmp.spec is the
name of the saved file.  Conventionally you'd put this file in
/opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS, but you could store it anywhere.

This method ought to work with pretty much any of the UCLA images.  Note
that theirs are built based in /usr/local, so if you use that directory for
your own other uses, take care that you don't overwrite any of your own files
that you might have copied there.  If this is a concern, list the files
in the package (rpm -qlp <rpmname>) after you create the package but before
you install it.

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

############################################################################
#  Download desired tarball from http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
#  Place the tarball in /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES
#  Edit "Summary:", "Name:", and "Version:" below to set package name/version.
#  Edit "Source0:" to match the filename of the compressed tarball.
#  Edit "License:" to indicate type of license;  It's up to you to read the
#    license and agree to it.  USE THIS IMAGE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
#  Edit "%description" section to describe package as you like.
#  Edit "%changelog" and follow the format as desired.  (Optional; you could
#    remove this section if you want).
#  Save this file and use rpm to build an installable rpm image.  For example,
#    if this file is named "net-snmp.spec":
#       $ rpm -bb net-snmp.spec
#  After a few minutes, this should finish and the rpm image should appear
#    in directory /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc.
#  Try "rpm -qip <filename>" and "rpm -qlp <filename>" to examine it before
#    installing.
#
#  If the 'rpm -bb' fails, you probably need more space in /var/tmp.
############################################################################
Summary: net-snmp from http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu
Name: net-snmp
Version: 5.0.6
Source0: net-snmp.5.0.6.tar.Z
Release: 1
License: BSD-like
Group: UCLA/Prebuilt
Prefix: /usr/local
BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-root

%description
This is net-snmp.  Add description here as you see fit.

%prep

%build

%install
[[ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT != "/" ]] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
uncompress -c %{SOURCE0} | tar -xf -

# Optional.  Would be nice to have the binaries stripped.
/usr/bin/strip ./%{prefix}/bin/* ./%{prefix}/sbin/* 2>/dev/null || :

%clean
[[ $RPM_BUILD_ROOT != "/" ]] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
%defattr(-,bin,bin)
%{prefix}/*

%changelog
* Mon Aug 02 2004 Your Name <you...@yo...>
- create rpm from the UCLA tarball.

Re: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[Mike <mi...@mi...>]

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004, David Clissold wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 02:24:32PM -0500, Mike wrote:
> >How about putting net-snmp out there?
> 
> I've logged your request to the package wish-list.  The chances of seeing it in
> the Toolbox are pretty small, unfortunately.  As an alternative (other than
> compiling your own copy), it's already available from other places -- take a
> look at the Bull AIX freeware site which provides a copy of it.  It's listed in
> their package table at:
>      http://www.bullfreeware.com/listaix51.html
> And UCLA has built net-snmp for AIX also:
>      http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/net-snmp.html

I can build these things, but I like the idea of the *.rpm to keep
separate those things that come as part of the BOS and those things
that I've added on. The differences between installp and rpm do
that nicely.

Mike

Re: [tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 02:24:32PM -0500, Mike wrote:
>How about putting net-snmp out there?

I've logged your request to the package wish-list.  The chances of seeing it in
the Toolbox are pretty small, unfortunately.  As an alternative (other than
compiling your own copy), it's already available from other places -- take a
look at the Bull AIX freeware site which provides a copy of it.  It's listed in
their package table at:
     http://www.bullfreeware.com/listaix51.html
And UCLA has built net-snmp for AIX also:
     http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/net-snmp.html

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

[tbox-l] Another toolbox request

[Mike <mi...@mi...>]

How about putting net-snmp out there?

Mike

[tbox-l] Problem running konsole on AIX 5.1

[Richard D. <Ric...@LA...>]

I'm running AIX 5.1 at maintenance level 5100-06 on a 64-bit kernel.  Recently, we got a graphics terminal, and not being fond of CDE, I decided to install KDE from the AIX toolkit.  Most things seem to be working pretty well.  I installed the following RPMs:

	arts-1.0.0-1
	kdeadmin-3.0-1
	kdeartwork-3.0-1
	kdebase-3.0-2ssl
	kdebindings-3.0-1
	kdeedu-3.0-1
	kdegames-3.0-1
	kdegraphics-3.0-1
	kdelibs-3.0-1ssl
	kdelibs-sound-3.0-1ssl
	kdenetwork-3.0-2
	kdepim-3.0-1
	kdetoys-3.0-1
	kdeutils-3.0-1
	qt-3.0.3-1
	qt-Xt-3.0.3-1

For no reason I can discern, the "konsole" doesn't work.  When I open it, I don't get a shell prompt.  When I type in commands, they display, but nothing happens.  It seems that no shell is opening within konsole at all.  It really doesn't make much sense.  I've tried adjusting konsole parameters, installing more X11 filesets, poking around the list archives.  I can't understand what's wrong.  Has anyone seen this before?  Does anyone have any ideas?

I can work right now by starting xterm, but I'd really prefer konsole.  Please help me realize what I'm doing wrong.

--Rich Dupuy
 UNIX System Administrator
 IT Technical Support Specialist
Office of Computing Services
225-219-6026

Re: [tbox-l] openssh?

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

No; the official packaged image provided by IBM is the installp version.
There are no plans to put it back into the Toolbox -- it has graduated from
an unsupported 'as-is' Toolbox image to a supported bonus pack image.

In addition to the disks, you can get the openssh free via download at:
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/opensshi

Also, there are other packages in the bonus/expansion packs available for
download (which are also not part of the AIX Toolbox).  You might want to
save this page:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/bonuspack/aix5l/wpcontent.html

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 07:41:00AM -0500, Mike wrote:
> I know openssh in installp format is on the bonus disks that
> come with AIX. Will openssh ever be in rpm format on the
> aixtoolbox?
> 
> Mike
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

[tbox-l] openssh?

[Mike <mi...@mi...>]

I know openssh in installp format is on the bonus disks that
come with AIX. Will openssh ever be in rpm format on the
aixtoolbox?

Mike

Re: [tbox-l] VIM 6.3 recompile error - vim32x32.xpm

[David C. <cl...@au...>]

A follow-up on this:
What Philip says is correct... almost all open-source packages that you
build will build more cleanly if you use the common GNU utilities, such
as installing the GNU make from the Toolbox and setting your PATH as he
describes.
I didn't mention it in the case of vim; I notice that our spec file
is explicitly running "/usr/bin/make" so this is a rare exception to this
rule.  Even so, when I built it just now I had /usr/linux/bin first
in my path; so other than explicitly running /usr/bin/make, the GNU tools
are used before the native ones.

-- 
David Clissold
cl...@au...

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:46:13AM -0500, Philip K Warren wrote:
> aix...@ww... wrote on 07/23/2004 
> 07:13:41 AM:
> > I then looked at the source listing for VIM and found a new release of 
> 6.3
> > was available instead of the 6.0.147-2 from the toolbox site.  Thinking 
> that
> > this might fix the problem I downloaded the source and tried to compile 
> it.
> > I received the following error message:
> > 
> >    make: 1254-002 Cannot find a rule to create target
> > ../runtime/vim32x32.xpm from dependencies.
> > Stop.
> 
> This is because you are trying to build against the AIX make instead of 
> the GNU make. Several packages require you to use GNU make to build, so 
> here is what I would suggest.
> 
> Download and install GNU make from the Toolbox:
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/make/make-3.80-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
> 
> Set your path to include /usr/linux/bin before all other directories when 
> building the RPM. This will ensure that the correct version of make is 
> picked up by the build process.
> 
> $ export PATH=/usr/linux/bin:$PATH
> $ rpm -ba vim.spec
> 
> --
> Philip K. Warren
> pk...@us...
> Phone: 512.838.8924
> T/L 678.8924
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list