aixtoolbox-list — General discussion list for aixtoolbox

[tbox-l] rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 32768 bytes: phase "unknown"

[Michael W. <mw...@un...>]

The problem:

$ ls -l
-rw-r--r--   1 oracle   oinstall 4666171392 Jun 11 23:30 maxdataMXPDB02.dbf

$ rsync -av maxdataMXPDB02.dbf /net02/oracle/

building file list ... done
maxdataMXPDB02.dbf

rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 32768 bytes: phase "unknown":
Broken pipe
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(836)

The envrionment:

OS: AIX 5.2 with current patch level 02.
rsync: 2.5.4 from
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html

This also happens for current rsync version 2.6.2 built using gcc 2.9
(The gcc is built by IBM available from same URL as above). The error with
rsync 2.6.2 is shown below.

Comment:

It appears that the problem occurs for large files. In the test shown,
it is 4.6GB.

The problem is also reported in
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1457

The problems occurs when both the source and destination are on
locally mounted file systems (versus NFS). So the network is not
involved here at all.

-- 
Michael Wang * http://www.unixlabplus.com/ * mw...@un...

[tbox-l] Security update: cvs

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

The CVS maintainers have announced a security problem in current levels of CVS.
A new update has been released.  See the cvs home page for more information
at http://www.cvshome.org.

The patch for the security problem has been added to the AIX Toolbox image,
which is at version 1.11.5, with revision #5.  That is, the version is now
1.11.5-5.  It includes the earlier security patches, so although the Toolbox
does not have the latest version, all known security patches are present.

The updated image is available at:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/cvs/cvs-1.11.5-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Re: [tbox-l] Shared object versioning

[Bernard N. <be...@ze...>]

Thanks a lot for the explanation! It would be a useful addition to the FAQ.

Bernard

Re: [tbox-l] Shared object versioning

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

The reference in the README deals with the very earliest images in the Toolbox,
just the first few months it existed; the older version of libtool (and thus
the very earliest Toolbox images) produced some shared objects with the .a
suffix.  But that was a bad idea, because a .a file is supposed to be an
archive library, not an actual single shared object file.  And it couldn't
be versioned; you couldn't add new members because it wasn't an archive.

So now, the shared object is created with the ".so.X" extension and archived
into a real archive.  So, for example, you would have libfoo.a(libfoo.so.0).
That works out fine, though now you face an issue when a new version is
necessary.  Hopefully most libraries maintain compatibility whenever possible,
such that an update doesn't require a new shared object version; but sometimes
that does happen.

Look at the libpng package for example.  It contains both "libpng.so.2"
and "libpng.so.3" members.  But what are the consequences of this?
When libpng.so.3 became the new revision, we kept the older "libpng.so.2"
so that it would still be available to any executable which tries to load
libpng.a(libpng.so.2).  That would be the case for any executable that was
linked to libpng back when .so.2 was the only version.  But now, with a newer
version, we want the old executables to keep working with the old version, and
newer executables to link with the newer .so.3 version.
To do this, the updated libpng.a was created by archiving the old and new
shared objects, but first the LOADONLY mode bit was set on the .so.2 image.
This means that the symbols are available for loading when referenced by
a running executable, but they are ignored by the linker.  So at link time,
the symbols from libpng.so.3 are the ones that the linker uses on new links.
Check it with "dump -ov /opt/freeware/lib/libpng.a" and notice the flags:
$ dump -ov /opt/freeware/lib/libpng.a
libpng.a[libpng.so.2]:

                        ***Object Module Header***
# Sections      Symbol Ptr      # Symbols       Opt Hdr Len     Flags
         5      0x00033668           4187                72     0x7002
Flags=( EXEC DYNLOAD SHROBJ LOADONLY )
Timestamp = "May 17 16:12:33 2004"
Magic = 0x1df  (32-bit XCOFF)

........(and....)....

libpng.a[libpng.so.3]:

                        ***Object Module Header***
# Sections      Symbol Ptr      # Symbols       Opt Hdr Len     Flags
         5      0x00036bd2           4461                72     0x3002
Flags=( EXEC DYNLOAD SHROBJ )
Timestamp = "May 19 18:09:23 2004"
Magic = 0x1df  (32-bit XCOFF)

.......

To set the LOADONLY flag on a shared object, just run: 
/usr/bin/strip -e libfoo.so.0
If you want to turn that flag back off, just change the -e to -E.


Beyond that, there are occasionally packages that do their own thing by
renaming themselves and becoming a unique package of their own.  One example
would be "libxml" and "libxml2", both separate packages that can coexist and
install their own separately named libraries.  In a case like that, they
rename the library such that you have to select "-lxml" or "-lxml2" because
they respectively contain their own separate libraries, libxml.a and libxml2.a.
I think you are asking more about the libpng sort of case above, but I thought
it worth mentioning this other case as well.


On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 02:01:14PM -0400, Bernard Normier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The AIXTools README mentions a new approach to shared object versioning, but
> does not give much details.
> 
> Shared libraries such as openssl or expat are in archives, e.g.
> /opt/freeware/lib/libexpat.a contains libexpat.so.0 (actually 2
> libexpat.so.0, one 32 bit and one 64 bit, as show by ar -t -X 32_64)
> 
> On Linux, the standard versioning approach is to use different shared
> library names for incompatible versions (e.g. libexpat.so.0 and
> libexpat.so.1); and when you link a program, you select a specific version
> by using a symbolic link that points to desired version.
> How does this work on AIX? If I have libexpat.so.0 and libexpat.so.1 in the
> same /opt/freeware/lib/libexpat.a, how can I tell the linker to pick a
> specific version? Is there any example?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bernard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

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

[tbox-l] Shared object versioning

[Bernard N. <be...@ze...>]

Hello,

The AIXTools README mentions a new approach to shared object versioning, but
does not give much details.

Shared libraries such as openssl or expat are in archives, e.g.
/opt/freeware/lib/libexpat.a contains libexpat.so.0 (actually 2
libexpat.so.0, one 32 bit and one 64 bit, as show by ar -t -X 32_64)

On Linux, the standard versioning approach is to use different shared
library names for incompatible versions (e.g. libexpat.so.0 and
libexpat.so.1); and when you link a program, you select a specific version
by using a symbolic link that points to desired version.
How does this work on AIX? If I have libexpat.so.0 and libexpat.so.1 in the
same /opt/freeware/lib/libexpat.a, how can I tell the linker to pick a
specific version? Is there any example?

Thanks,
Bernard

Re: [tbox-l] samba packaging

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

  You found the right place.  Since the Toolbox is unsupported, there is not a
"formal" channel for support or requests; sending mail to this list is the best
place to ask.

  As for samba, other requests for an update have been made, and release of
a newer version has been pending for a long time.  I can confirm that samba
version 3.* builds pretty cleanly on AIX, if you'd like to try it.  The slow
pace of updates (which applies to everything in the Toolbox), is not because of
compatibility problems with building these things on AIX -- the delay is because
extensive legal scrutiny is required of all open source package updates that
we distribute; great care must be taken because this is code that we did not
write and do not own copyrights for.  (Unfortunately I can't comment on any
specifics of the legal review process, but I promise that the lawyers are busy.)
I wish we could update more packages more frequently, but the rules are strict.
At any rate, I don't have a guess on an update projection.

So... what options exist?

  If currency of the version is not of foremost importance, then the AIX Toolbox
images may still meet your needs.  You can update on occassion, when the Toolbox
eventually does, though the time between updates is large and unpredictable.

  If you need version updates more frequently than the Toolbox is capable of
providing, you may want to consider other sites which can do package updates
more frequently.  Some overlap with Toolbox packages, while others are uniquely
available at the respective sites.  The two well known sites are:

  UCLA site -- they have samba 3.0.2a:
  http://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/packages/samba.html

  Bull freeware site -- They have samba too (at last check), but I cannot
  confirm a version as I write this because their site says it is to temporarily
  unavailable.

  There are also fee-based groups out there that will provide built packages for
you; one example that I am aware of is www.thewrittenword.com.  Though not free,
it may be worth considering if the need is strong.

  Finally, the most flexible approach (though with more work involved), is to
build the code locally.  Depending on your background, you might find that this
is not so difficult; you needn't have any special familiarity with the code in
order to build it.  In most cases, it is just a matter of downloading the
source tarball and following the instructions provided.  If you know a little
about rpm and spec files, you could go a little further and build an rpm
image by copying the last available spec file from the Toolbox FTP site,
updating the revision number, and running "rpm -ba" on the spec file.  Well,
there's a little more to it; you'd need to have most of the basic GNU
development util rpms installed such as 'make' and 'install', either the VAC or
gcc compiler, etc.
  In fact, if you are trying to build your own copy of a Toolbox package, this
mailing list would be a good place to ask questions of or share experiences with
other users who build and/or run Toolbox open source packages on AIX.

On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 05:27:40PM -0400, Jay...@ho... wrote:
> 
> Is there a process for requesting AIX Linux Toobox package updates -
> specifically samba 2.2.7 to 3.0.4?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

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

[tbox-l] samba packaging

[<Jay...@ho...>]

Is there a process for requesting AIX Linux Toobox package updates -
specifically samba 2.2.7 to 3.0.4?

Thanks.

RE: [tbox-l] How to mount image file

[Ewan L. <ej...@ma...>]

Unfortunately the Linux affinity doesn't include reading ext2 or ext3
filesystems under AIX.

You can read from ext2 under Windows if you're stuck, but I've never seen
write support - http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

Ewan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Yves Droin [mailto:DR...@fr...]
> Sent: 28 May 2004 16:18
> To: aix...@ww...
> Subject: RE: [tbox-l] How to mount image file
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Unfortunately, my question is not how to handle diskette under AIX
> (following commands are perfect).
> My question is really related to Linux and AIX. I try to 
> explain better.
> 
> With Linux affinity, is there a way to mount image file 
> coming from Linux
> under AIX ?
> I took as example bootdisk.img but in fact all ramdisk disks 
> created under
> Linux.
> I mean how to use "losetup" command and "mount -o loop" under AIX.
> [AIX mount command doesn't support following types of 
> filesystem : dos and
> ext3.
> So I don't know how to add this]
> Have you already re-compiled "mount " in order to be able to 
> use mount in
> loopback under AIX ?
> 
> Best Regards
>                 Pierre-Yves DROIN
> 
> EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
> Email: dr...@fr...
> Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
> CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
> ________________________________________________
> NB : surname : PY
> 
> 
>                                                               
>              
>              "J. Smith"                                       
>              
>              <lbalbalba@hotmai                                
>              
>              l.com>                                           
>           To 
>              Sent by:                  Pierre Yves 
> Droin/France/IBM@IBMFR, 
>              aixtoolbox-list-a         
> aix...@ww...uthbury.u 
>              dm...@ww...ut         sf.ibm.com             
>              
>              hbury.usf.ibm.com                                
>           cc 
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>      Subject 
>              28/05/2004 16:31          RE: [tbox-l] How to 
> mount diskette  
>                                        image file             
>              
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>              
>                                                               
>              
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Pierre ,
> 
> Well, you cant actually mount floppy disks in AIX. However, 
> if it is a DOS
> formatted disk then you are in luck. Install the bos.dosutil 
> fileset (it's
> on the AIX cd's), which give you 
> dosdir,dosformat,dosread,doswrite. These
> commands will allow you to read/write dos formatted disks in AIX.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> PS:
> For general AIX questions, please post on the according aix 
> newsgroups like
> 
> for example comp.unix.aix. This mailing list is STRICTLY for 
> AIX Toolbox
> for
> Linux related matters.
> 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> John Smith.
> 
> 
> >From: Pierre Yves Droin <DR...@fr...>
> >To: aix...@os...
> >Subject: [tbox-l] How to mount diskette image file
> >Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:06:52 +0200
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I would like to know if there is an equivalent on AIX :
> >mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/floppy
> >cp -p ks.cfg /mnt/floppy
> >umount /mnt/floppy
> >My purpose would be to add a file to diskette image file 
> (type DOS) under
> >AIX.
> >
> >Best Regards
> >                 Pierre-Yves DROIN
> >
> >EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
> >Email: dr...@fr...
> >Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
> >CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
> >________________________________________________
> >NB : surname : PY
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> >aix...@ww...
> >http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/ai
xtoolbox-list

_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online
http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

_______________________________________________
aixtoolbox-list mailing list
aix...@ww...
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list


_______________________________________________
aixtoolbox-list mailing list
aix...@ww...
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

RE: [tbox-l] How to mount image file

[Pierre Y. D. <DR...@fr...>]

Hello,

Unfortunately, my question is not how to handle diskette under AIX
(following commands are perfect).
My question is really related to Linux and AIX. I try to explain better.

With Linux affinity, is there a way to mount image file coming from Linux
under AIX ?
I took as example bootdisk.img but in fact all ramdisk disks created under
Linux.
I mean how to use "losetup" command and "mount -o loop" under AIX.
[AIX mount command doesn't support following types of filesystem : dos and
ext3.
So I don't know how to add this]
Have you already re-compiled "mount " in order to be able to use mount in
loopback under AIX ?

Best Regards
                Pierre-Yves DROIN

EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
Email: dr...@fr...
Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
________________________________________________
NB : surname : PY


                                                                           
             "J. Smith"                                                    
             <lbalbalba@hotmai                                             
             l.com>                                                     To 
             Sent by:                  Pierre Yves Droin/France/IBM@IBMFR, 
             aixtoolbox-list-a         aix...@ww...uthbury.u 
             dm...@ww...ut         sf.ibm.com                          
             hbury.usf.ibm.com                                          cc 
                                                                           
                                                                   Subject 
             28/05/2004 16:31          RE: [tbox-l] How to mount diskette  
                                       image file                          
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           
                                                                           




Pierre ,

Well, you cant actually mount floppy disks in AIX. However, if it is a DOS
formatted disk then you are in luck. Install the bos.dosutil fileset (it's
on the AIX cd's), which give you dosdir,dosformat,dosread,doswrite. These
commands will allow you to read/write dos formatted disks in AIX.


Hope this helps.


PS:
For general AIX questions, please post on the according aix newsgroups like

for example comp.unix.aix. This mailing list is STRICTLY for AIX Toolbox
for
Linux related matters.



Sincerely,

John Smith.


>From: Pierre Yves Droin <DR...@fr...>
>To: aix...@os...
>Subject: [tbox-l] How to mount diskette image file
>Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:06:52 +0200
>
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I would like to know if there is an equivalent on AIX :
>mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/floppy
>cp -p ks.cfg /mnt/floppy
>umount /mnt/floppy
>My purpose would be to add a file to diskette image file (type DOS) under
>AIX.
>
>Best Regards
>                 Pierre-Yves DROIN
>
>EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
>Email: dr...@fr...
>Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
>CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
>________________________________________________
>NB : surname : PY
>
>_______________________________________________
>aixtoolbox-list mailing list
>aix...@ww...
>http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online
http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

_______________________________________________
aixtoolbox-list mailing list
aix...@ww...
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

RE: [tbox-l] How to mount diskette image file

[J. S. <lba...@ho...>]

Pierre ,

Well, you cant actually mount floppy disks in AIX. However, if it is a DOS 
formatted disk then you are in luck. Install the bos.dosutil fileset (it's 
on the AIX cd's), which give you dosdir,dosformat,dosread,doswrite. These 
commands will allow you to read/write dos formatted disks in AIX.


Hope this helps.


PS:
For general AIX questions, please post on the according aix newsgroups like 
for example comp.unix.aix. This mailing list is STRICTLY for AIX Toolbox for 
Linux related matters.



Sincerely,

John Smith.


>From: Pierre Yves Droin <DR...@fr...>
>To: aix...@os...
>Subject: [tbox-l] How to mount diskette image file
>Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:06:52 +0200
>
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I would like to know if there is an equivalent on AIX :
>mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/floppy
>cp -p ks.cfg /mnt/floppy
>umount /mnt/floppy
>My purpose would be to add a file to diskette image file (type DOS) under
>AIX.
>
>Best Regards
>                 Pierre-Yves DROIN
>
>EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
>Email: dr...@fr...
>Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
>CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
>________________________________________________
>NB : surname : PY
>
>_______________________________________________
>aixtoolbox-list mailing list
>aix...@ww...
>http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

_________________________________________________________________
Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online 
http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

[tbox-l] How to mount diskette image file

[Pierre Y. D. <DR...@fr...>]

Hello,

I would like to know if there is an equivalent on AIX :
mount -o loop bootdisk.img /mnt/floppy
cp -p ks.cfg /mnt/floppy
umount /mnt/floppy
My purpose would be to add a file to diskette image file (type DOS) under
AIX.

Best Regards
                Pierre-Yves DROIN

EMEA Strategy & Design Authority - Linux Solution Build
Email: dr...@fr...
Tel :  (33/0)4 9211 4883
CER IBM - BP14 - B1 2C30- 06610 La Gaude - FRANCE
________________________________________________
NB : surname : PY

[tbox-l] Toolbox security patches: cvs, rsync, libpng, MySQL

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

Some recent security patches have been added to a few AIX Toolbox packages.
To address these items, the patches have been applied to the current Toolbox
levels of each package.  We hope to update to the latest versions sometime
in the future, but these fixed packages will address the security items in
the meantime.

CVS 1.11.5:
A few patches have been made here, including the most recent (and most
important) security fix.  You can find info on this from the CVS home page
at http://www.cvshome.org.
The latest version offered from the cvs home site is 1.11.16; in the Toolbox,
the security patches have been added as patches to the Toolbox version, 1.11.5.


RSYNC 2.5.4:
A patch has been made to the Toolbox rsync (2.5.4), backported from the
most recent rsync-2.6.1, to address their recent security advisory -- see
the rsync home page at http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync.
(Just for good measure, we've also included the prior security patch from
Dec 2003 although that vulnerability was not an issue on AIX).

LIBPNG 1.2.1:
Small security patches has been added to the Toolbox libpng 1.2.1.  See the
"patches" section of the libpng home page at
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html.

MYSQL 3.23.58:
Small patch to address possible file overwrites via a symlink attack.
Patched in the Toolbox 3.23.58 level.  More intensive MySQL users may prefer to
download production level AIX images built by MySQL.com themselves, from their
page at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/4.0.html


You can download the Toolbox images from these locations:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/cvs/cvs-1.11.5-4.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/rsync/rsync-2.5.4-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/libpng/libpng-1.2.1-4.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/libpng/libpng-devel-1.2.1-4.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/MySQL/MySQL-3.23.58-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/MySQL/MySQL-client-3.23.58-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/MySQL/MySQL-devel-3.23.58-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Re: [tbox-l] Building gcc with bash

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

We have been using this workaround for a while for building Mozilla on 
AIX: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/aix.html#notes.

I have not looked into it further, but we also found /bin/sh to be very 
slow when running configure scripts. Our configure times for Mozilla went 
from around 45 minutes to 5 minutes after making this change.

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



"Timothy J. Bogart" <tj...@st...> 
Sent by: aix...@ww...
05/19/2004 08:55 PM

To
aix...@ww...
cc

Subject
[tbox-l] Building gcc with bash







Have the maintainers of gcc noted the latest recommendations from the gcc
group in the *-ibm-aix* section of the 'hints' to 

CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
export CONFIG_SHELL

before running configure?

It dropped a 12 hour build time to 4 on one of my machines.

Thought you might want to try this if you were not already aware...

Which also brings up a question as to what is so broken about ksh/sh that
it makes the machine go into 8 hours of cpu wait....

8-(

"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

_______________________________________________
aixtoolbox-list mailing list
aix...@ww...
http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

[tbox-l] Building gcc with bash

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

Have the maintainers of gcc noted the latest recommendations from the gcc
group in the *-ibm-aix* section of the 'hints' to 

CONFIG_SHELL=/opt/freeware/bin/bash
export CONFIG_SHELL

before running configure?

It dropped a 12 hour build time to 4 on one of my machines.

Thought you might want to try this if you were not already aware...

Which also brings up a question as to what is so broken about ksh/sh that
it makes the machine go into 8 hours of cpu wait....

8-(

"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] samba on 5.1

[Leigh B. <le...@so...>]

psi...@al... said:
> I was hoping somebody could solve this for me:
>
> When installing "samba-client-2.2.7-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm" I get :
>
> rpm -v -i samba-client-2.2.7-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
>         libreadline.a(libreadline.so.4) is needed by
> samba-client-2.2.7-4.....
>
>
> I don't see a package on the "toolbox" list where this would be
> available...thanks very much

I guess that would be "readline":

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/readline/readline-4.3-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

[tbox-l] samba on 5.1

[<psi...@al...>]

Hi,
I was hoping somebody could solve this for me:

When installing "samba-client-2.2.7-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm" I get :


rpm -v -i samba-client-2.2.7-4.aix4.3.ppc.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
        libreadline.a(libreadline.so.4) is needed by
samba-client-2.2.7-4.....


I don't see a package on the "toolbox" list where this would be
available...thanks very much


                      *******************************

This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be
privileged and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity
to whom they are addressed.  If you have received this e-mail in error,
please notify the sender immediately.  Please note that any views or
opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of Allianz Canada.  Allianz Canada accepts no
liability for any damage caused by the transmission of this e-mail.


Ce courriel et tous fichiers qui l'accompagneraient sont confidentiels et
peuvent faire l'objet d'un privilège.  Ils sont destinés uniquement à la
personne ou à l'entité à qui ils sont adressés.  Si vous avez reçu ce
courriel par erreur, veuillez en avertir l'expéditeur immédiatement.
Veuillez noter que tous points de vue ou opinions contenus dans ce courriel
sont uniquement ceux de l'auteur et ne représentent pas nécessairement ceux
d'Allianz Canada.  Allianz Canada rejette toute responsabilité au titre de
dommages entraînés par la transmission de ce courriel.

Re: [tbox-l] Gnome Terminal, text not showing up

[<mcn...@au...>]

Oops,

As a followup to the list....

The correct AIX font package to install is:
X11.fnt.iso_T1

Dan

> 
> Hi Joseph,
> 
> It's been a while since I have seen this problem.
> 
> I think the easiest solution is to install (from AIX media)
> X11.fnt.ucs.ttf.
> 
> Then run /opt/freeware/bin/fc-cache .
> This will let FontConfig know the new fonts are there.
> 
> I think that will do it.  Let me know if it doesn't and
> I'll see if I can remember more.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> > To: aix...@ww...
> > From: Joseph T Apuzzo <ap...@us...>
> > Subject: [tbox-l] Gnome Terminal, text not showing up
> > Sender: aix...@ww...
> > Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 16:45:18 -0400
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I just installed AIX toolbox for Linux ( building it from the FTP via the
> > wget command )
> > On a AIX 5.2L RS/6000
> > 
> > I installed:
> > Base
> > Desktop Base
> > GNOME Base
> > GNOME Apps
> > 
> > I then use "exec /usr/bin/gnome-session" to start the desktop.
> > The desktop comes up fine and all the menus and apps work fine.
> > But Gnome Terminal appears to have no fonts or is not able to display the
> > fonts correctly.
> > xterm and aixterm ( although for some reason uses really large font size )
> > works
> > 
> > Why is only Gnome Terminal effected?
> > How do I correct?
> > I've tried all the fonts listed in Gnome Terminal setup, was there a RPM or
> > LPP that maybe not installed?
> > Since this box was installed as a server, maybe a X11 LPP was left out by
> > mistake?
> > 
> > Thank you for the help in advance.
> > 
> > Joseph T. Apuzzo
> > SP Software, Level II / III Support
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list
> 

Re: [tbox-l] Gnome Terminal, text not showing up

[<mcn...@au...>]

Hi Joseph,

It's been a while since I have seen this problem.

I think the easiest solution is to install (from AIX media)
X11.fnt.ucs.ttf.

Then run /opt/freeware/bin/fc-cache .
This will let FontConfig know the new fonts are there.

I think that will do it.  Let me know if it doesn't and
I'll see if I can remember more.

Dan


> To: aix...@ww...
> From: Joseph T Apuzzo <ap...@us...>
> Subject: [tbox-l] Gnome Terminal, text not showing up
> Sender: aix...@ww...
> Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 16:45:18 -0400
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I just installed AIX toolbox for Linux ( building it from the FTP via the
> wget command )
> On a AIX 5.2L RS/6000
> 
> I installed:
> Base
> Desktop Base
> GNOME Base
> GNOME Apps
> 
> I then use "exec /usr/bin/gnome-session" to start the desktop.
> The desktop comes up fine and all the menus and apps work fine.
> But Gnome Terminal appears to have no fonts or is not able to display the
> fonts correctly.
> xterm and aixterm ( although for some reason uses really large font size )
> works
> 
> Why is only Gnome Terminal effected?
> How do I correct?
> I've tried all the fonts listed in Gnome Terminal setup, was there a RPM or
> LPP that maybe not installed?
> Since this box was installed as a server, maybe a X11 LPP was left out by
> mistake?
> 
> Thank you for the help in advance.
> 
> Joseph T. Apuzzo
> SP Software, Level II / III Support

[tbox-l] Gnome Terminal, text not showing up

[Joseph T A. <ap...@us...>]

I just installed AIX toolbox for Linux ( building it from the FTP via the
wget command )
On a AIX 5.2L RS/6000

I installed:
Base
Desktop Base
GNOME Base
GNOME Apps

I then use "exec /usr/bin/gnome-session" to start the desktop.
The desktop comes up fine and all the menus and apps work fine.
But Gnome Terminal appears to have no fonts or is not able to display the
fonts correctly.
xterm and aixterm ( although for some reason uses really large font size )
works

Why is only Gnome Terminal effected?
How do I correct?
I've tried all the fonts listed in Gnome Terminal setup, was there a RPM or
LPP that maybe not installed?
Since this box was installed as a server, maybe a X11 LPP was left out by
mistake?

Thank you for the help in advance.

Joseph T. Apuzzo
SP Software, Level II / III Support

Re: [tbox-l] Re: rsync >2GB file from aix 4.3.3 to aix 5.2 fails

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

Thanks for the analysis.
I do hope to get rsync updated in the near future; it should happen sometime
later this year.  This is only for AIX 5 (version 5.*) however, which already
works with large files.  You are correct that our rsync build enabled large
file support (via CFLAGS=-D_LARGE_FILES).
No further rpm images are being built for 4.3.3, as that level of AIX is
no longer officially in service.


On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 06:40:47PM -0400, Michael Wang wrote:
> The environment:
> sshd on aix 5.2 using current IBM package
> ssh  on aix 4.3.3 using current IBM package
> rysnc on aix 5.2 and 4.3.3 using current IBM package
> (See reference [1] for the location of the packages I used)
> 
> The problem:
> aix433$ rsync -av --rsh=ssh greater_than_2gb_file user@aix52:/some/where
> fails.
> 
> Other info:
> aix52$ rsync -av --rsh=ssh greater_than_2gb_file user@solaris_9:/some/where
> works. This means rsync itself is indeed large file enabled.
> 
> The clue:
> Internet search (Ref [2]) indicates that rsync uses mkstemp() call.
> aix433 does not have the 64bit mkstemp() function, therefore it
> fails. The same post indicates not to use mkstemp(), and
> mentioned "Poor AIX users/programmers" in a public forum.
> 
> I would suggest making a new package using the updated version of
> rsync. The updated version of rsync may already uses the workaround
> of not using mkstemp(). A better solution would be supply the
> 64bit mkstemp() in libc as an AIX 4.3.3 patch. My maintenance level
> for aix 4.3.3 is 11 (the latest).
> 
> This clue is for reference only. I am not positive it is correct.
> 
> Reference:
> 
> [1]
> 5.2/4.3 SSL and 4.3 SSH download:
> https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/aixtbx/aixtbx-i?S_PKG=dlaixww&S_TACT=&S_CMP=
> 
> 5.2 SSH download:
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/opensshi
> 
> rysnc on aix 5.2 and 4.3.3 using current IBM package
> (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html)
> 
> [2]
> http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2003-February/005244.html
> 
> -- 
> Michael Wang * http://www.unixlabplus.com/ * mw...@un...
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

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

[tbox-l] Re: rsync >2GB file from aix 4.3.3 to aix 5.2 fails

[Michael W. <mw...@un...>]

The environment:
sshd on aix 5.2 using current IBM package
ssh  on aix 4.3.3 using current IBM package
rysnc on aix 5.2 and 4.3.3 using current IBM package
(See reference [1] for the location of the packages I used)

The problem:
aix433$ rsync -av --rsh=ssh greater_than_2gb_file user@aix52:/some/where
fails.

Other info:
aix52$ rsync -av --rsh=ssh greater_than_2gb_file user@solaris_9:/some/where
works. This means rsync itself is indeed large file enabled.

The clue:
Internet search (Ref [2]) indicates that rsync uses mkstemp() call.
aix433 does not have the 64bit mkstemp() function, therefore it
fails. The same post indicates not to use mkstemp(), and
mentioned "Poor AIX users/programmers" in a public forum.

I would suggest making a new package using the updated version of
rsync. The updated version of rsync may already uses the workaround
of not using mkstemp(). A better solution would be supply the
64bit mkstemp() in libc as an AIX 4.3.3 patch. My maintenance level
for aix 4.3.3 is 11 (the latest).

This clue is for reference only. I am not positive it is correct.

Reference:

[1]
5.2/4.3 SSL and 4.3 SSH download:
https://www6.software.ibm.com/dl/aixtbx/aixtbx-i?S_PKG=dlaixww&S_TACT=&S_CMP=

5.2 SSH download:
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/opensshi

rysnc on aix 5.2 and 4.3.3 using current IBM package
(http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html)

[2]
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2003-February/005244.html

-- 
Michael Wang * http://www.unixlabplus.com/ * mw...@un...

Re: [tbox-l] sshd not updating /etc/security/lastlog when authenticating with a key

[Jurjen O. <jur...@st...>]

On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:40:51AM +0200, Jurjen Oskam wrote:

> I'm using the IBM-provided version of OpenSSH on AIX 5.2. I've found that
> /etc/security/lastlog isn't updated when key authentication is used. When

This problem was solved by the OpenSSH-update released on May 5th. Another
problem that was solved in that version is that users could still login
with an authorized_key even though their account should be expired.
-- 
Jurjen Oskam

"Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored
volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not need fault-tolerance." - 308417

[tbox-l] sshd not updating /etc/security/lastlog when authenticating with a key

[Jurjen O. <jur...@st...>]

Hi there,

I'm using the IBM-provided version of OpenSSH on AIX 5.2. I've found that
/etc/security/lastlog isn't updated when key authentication is used. When
using SSH password-based authentication, the file *is* updated, and even
displays "ssh" in the tty_last_login attribute. I'm interested in the
time_last_login attribute.

Am I missing something here? I'd like /etc/security/lastlog to be updated,
even when key-based authentication is used.

Thanks,
-- 
Jurjen Oskam

"Avoid putting a paging file on a fault-tolerant drive, such as a mirrored
volume or a RAID-5 volume. Paging files do not need fault-tolerance." - 308417

Re: [tbox-l] /etc/sudoers permissions problem in sudo rpm

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

Leigh -- Thanks for the information.
This has been corrected and the updated image has been uploaded to the
FTP site.  You can get the new image here:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/sudo/sudo-1.6.7p5-2.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Anyone using sudo should either update to that image, or (as you note) they
can manually correct this by doing a "chmod 440 /etc/sudoers" and get the same
result.


On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:15:36AM +0100, Leigh Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> /etc/sudoers is being deployed with incorrect permissions in
> sudo-1.6.7p5-1.  sudo won't run without fixing them, but it's
> a pain to have to fix them manually.  I'm using this patch in
> my local build:
> 
> --- sudo-1.6.7p5-1.spec	2004-04-27 09:12:20.000000000 +0100
> +++ sudo-1.6.7p5-2.spec	2004-04-27 11:04:13.000000000 +0100
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
>  %files
>  %defattr(-,root,root)
>  %doc BUGS CHANGES HISTORY LICENSE README RUNSON TODO TROUBLESHOOTING
> UPGRADE *.pod
> -%config(noreplace) /etc/sudoers
> +%config(noreplace) %attr(0440,root,root) /etc/sudoers
>  %attr(0700,root,root) %dir /var/run/sudo
>  %attr(4111,root,root) %{prefix}/bin/sudo
>  %attr(0111,root,root) %{prefix}/sbin/visudo
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Leigh.
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@ww...
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

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

[tbox-l] /etc/sudoers permissions problem in sudo rpm

[Leigh B. <le...@so...>]

Hi,

/etc/sudoers is being deployed with incorrect permissions in
sudo-1.6.7p5-1.  sudo won't run without fixing them, but it's
a pain to have to fix them manually.  I'm using this patch in
my local build:

--- sudo-1.6.7p5-1.spec	2004-04-27 09:12:20.000000000 +0100
+++ sudo-1.6.7p5-2.spec	2004-04-27 11:04:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %doc BUGS CHANGES HISTORY LICENSE README RUNSON TODO TROUBLESHOOTING
UPGRADE *.pod
-%config(noreplace) /etc/sudoers
+%config(noreplace) %attr(0440,root,root) /etc/sudoers
 %attr(0700,root,root) %dir /var/run/sudo
 %attr(4111,root,root) %{prefix}/bin/sudo
 %attr(0111,root,root) %{prefix}/sbin/visudo

Cheers,

Leigh.