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[toolbox-l] KDE2.1

[Ralf U. <Ral...@Ph...>]

Saw the new RPMs for KDE2.1 yesterday and upgraded my machine. Now
I KDE does not work anymore :(

I had KDE2.01 working ad upgraded the filesets with rpm -U <rpms>

rpm -qa|egrep "kde|qt" on my box now gives:

kdeadmin-2.1-1
qt-2.2.4-1
kdesupport-2.1-1
kdegraphics-2.1-1
kdepim-2.1-1
kdeutils-2.1-1
kdelibs-sound-2.1-1
kdenetwork-2.1-1
kdelibs-2.1-1
kdetoys-2.1-1
kdebase-2.1-1


When I try to start /opt/freeware/kde/bin/kdm as before it
switches shortly to X then exits back to the command line.
Same, if I do a 'xinit' as user.

Are there any specific upgrade procedures to follow?

Regards, Ralf
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_____________________________________________________________________
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[toolbox-l] Install RPM on AIX

[Alex F. <af...@ha...>]

Hi,

I have tried installing the rpm.rte file on our AIX 4.3.3 server. The
install works well and i am able to install rpm's afterwards. 

However when I install an RPM the database shows that it is not installed
(ie rpm -qi). However when I go to re-install the rpm it says that the rpm
is already installed.

I have tried the current rpm.rte (3.0.5.17) and the older 3.0.5.14 and have
the same problem. We have noticed that it sometimes errors with try
/sbin/install-info not found.

Once installed the apps seem to work, but we are unable to remove or manage
them easily

Any help would be much appreciated

Alex Flatow
Technical Manager
Halescom

Re: [toolbox-l] RE: Compile errors from GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718)

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

(Forwarded for general information to the public mailing list at
 aix...@os...)

The version of gcc that is currently out there is "beta" and will soon be 
superceded by another version that was developed for the GNUPro Tools from 
Cygnus.   My understanding is that Cygnus' versions do not map precisely to
the "standard" versions.  I'll try to get a direct response from Cygnus
on how to answer the question.  It is "later" than 2.95.2 from my
understanding.  Hopefully all of this will settle down at the 3.0 merge as
the AIX fixes get pulled into the main branches.  I believe that this level
does contain a number of fixes for AIX which are not in the standard GCC release.

Those pthread.h errors are fixed already in the AIX 4.3.3 service stream and
in AIX 5.1.

What's szbuf?  That just looks like a warning - shouldn't have stopped anything
from compiling.  In AIX, the format argument to printf is const char* - 
szbuf doesn't smell like a const.  I would expect a warning in that 
circumstance.

Marc

> 
> Sorry to repost a message, but I'm hoping someone can answer my questions.
> I've got code that builds with GCC 2.95.2 on Solaris and Linux.  I get
> compile errors with the GCC compiler in the AIX toolkit.  Here are my
> questions:
> 
> 1.  Is the compiler in the toolkit non-standard?  Does it contain fixes for
> AIX that are not part of a standard GCC release?
> 
> 2.  What level of GCC is it based on?  GCC -v returns "gcc version
> 2.9-aix43-000718".
> 
> Thanks!
> Mike Allen
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Allen 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:30 PM
> To: 'aix...@au...'
> Subject: Compile errors from GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718)
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I just installed the GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718).  I'm trying to
> compile code that builds OK with GCC 2.95.2 on Solaris and Linux.  I'm
> getting the following warnings:
> 
> In file included from atmemmgr.cpp:37:
> /usr/include/pthread.h:113: warning: missing white space after `#define
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER'
> /usr/include/pthread.h:128: warning: missing white space after `#define
> PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER'
> /usr/include/pthread.h:147: warning: missing white space after `#define
> PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER'
> /usr/include/pthread.h:157: warning: missing white space after `#define
> PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT'
> 
> 
> Here is the header from the pthread.h file:
> 
> /* static char sccsid[] = "@(#)15       1.32.2.32
> src/bos/usr/ccs/lib/libpthreads/pthread.h,           libpth, bos43R 11/24/99
> 12:02:08"; */
> /*
>  * COMPONENT_NAME: libpth
>  * 
>  * FUNCTIONS:
>  * 
>  * ORIGINS:  27, 71, 83
>  * 
>  * LEVEL 1, 5 Years Bull Confidential Information
>  *
>  * (c) Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC. 
>  * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 
>  *
>  * OSF/1 1.2
>  */
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I edited the pthread.h file to add white space to the indicated lines so
> that I could go further.  Then I hit this warning:
> 
> atmemmgr.cpp:1368: warning: format not a string literal, argument types not
> checked
> 
> Here is the offending line from the source:
> 
>   fprintf(stderr,szBuf);
> 
> Again, this compiles fine with gcc 2.95.2 on Linux.  There doesn't seem to
> be any way to turn off this warning.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> What level is the compiler in this package?  Here is what I get from gcc -v
> 
> Reading specs from
> /usr/gcc/aix43-000718/H-powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ib
> m-aix4.3.3.0/2.9-aix43-000718/specs
> gcc version 2.9-aix43-000718
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Allen
> -----------
> WRQ, Inc.
> Seattle, WA 
> 
> 206-217-7715
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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189

Re: [toolbox-l] RE: rpm database questions

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

We finished this discussion off-line.  He extracted the
/usr/sbin/updtvpkg script which we developed based upon a similar script
developed by Tim Mooney in North Dakota, and that served his purpose.

Marc

[toolbox-l] RE: Compile errors from GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718)

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

Sorry to repost a message, but I'm hoping someone can answer my questions.
I've got code that builds with GCC 2.95.2 on Solaris and Linux.  I get
compile errors with the GCC compiler in the AIX toolkit.  Here are my
questions:

1.  Is the compiler in the toolkit non-standard?  Does it contain fixes for
AIX that are not part of a standard GCC release?

2.  What level of GCC is it based on?  GCC -v returns "gcc version
2.9-aix43-000718".

Thanks!
Mike Allen

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Allen 
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 1:30 PM
To: 'aix...@au...'
Subject: Compile errors from GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718)


Greetings,

I just installed the GCC tools for AIX (aix43-000718).  I'm trying to
compile code that builds OK with GCC 2.95.2 on Solaris and Linux.  I'm
getting the following warnings:

In file included from atmemmgr.cpp:37:
/usr/include/pthread.h:113: warning: missing white space after `#define
PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER'
/usr/include/pthread.h:128: warning: missing white space after `#define
PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER'
/usr/include/pthread.h:147: warning: missing white space after `#define
PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER'
/usr/include/pthread.h:157: warning: missing white space after `#define
PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT'


Here is the header from the pthread.h file:

/* static char sccsid[] = "@(#)15       1.32.2.32
src/bos/usr/ccs/lib/libpthreads/pthread.h,           libpth, bos43R 11/24/99
12:02:08"; */
/*
 * COMPONENT_NAME: libpth
 * 
 * FUNCTIONS:
 * 
 * ORIGINS:  27, 71, 83
 * 
 * LEVEL 1, 5 Years Bull Confidential Information
 *
 * (c) Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC. 
 * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 
 *
 * OSF/1 1.2
 */




I edited the pthread.h file to add white space to the indicated lines so
that I could go further.  Then I hit this warning:

atmemmgr.cpp:1368: warning: format not a string literal, argument types not
checked

Here is the offending line from the source:

  fprintf(stderr,szBuf);

Again, this compiles fine with gcc 2.95.2 on Linux.  There doesn't seem to
be any way to turn off this warning.




What level is the compiler in this package?  Here is what I get from gcc -v

Reading specs from
/usr/gcc/aix43-000718/H-powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/powerpc-ib
m-aix4.3.3.0/2.9-aix43-000718/specs
gcc version 2.9-aix43-000718


Thanks,
Mike Allen
-----------
WRQ, Inc.
Seattle, WA 

206-217-7715

[toolbox-l] Re: rpm database questions

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

...
> 
> 
> 
> >> Marc -
> >>
> >> Thanks for your quick reply.
> >>
> >>> When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
> >>> db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
> >>
> >> Well, no I didn't build db 2.7.7  with the --enable-compat185.  I just
> installed
> >> the pre-built rpm.  I suppose I can rebuild db if that is necessary.  Would
> it
> >> make sense to provide the 2.7.7 rpm for db with this already done for the
> >> future?
> >
> >db-2.7.7-3 was built with --enable-compat185.  You don't have another
> >libdb.a on your system aside from the one in /opt/freeware/lib (not counting
> >the symlink to that one in /usr/lib)?
> 
> Actually, I don't even have a /opt/freeware/lib/libdb.a file so I'll assume
> you really mean /opt/freeware/BerkeleyDB/lib/libdb.a.  That's all there is
> in /opt/freeware/BerkeleyDB/lib.  I noticed that you stated db-2.7.7-3, I
> downloaded db-2.7.7-1 from the web site this morning.  That's all I show
> on the download wed site, or is this the wrong URL:?
> 
> URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html

Yeah, you're right on both counts - sorry for being so sloppy.  The -3 version
is for the upcoming deliverable which you'll be hearing about so long as
you've subscribed to the mailing list.

> 
> >>
> >>> also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.
> >>
> >>> You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?
> >>
> >> Yes, I used the rpm.rte package to install rpm 3.0.5 and then I downloaded
> the
> >> rpm 3.0.5 source from the web page.  I need to build the rpm tools in order
> to
> >> get one of the utilities I'm working on to work.
> >
> >I wouldn't think that you would need to rebuild rpm in most circumstances.
> >There are libraries for build and development shipped with rpm.  What's missing
> >that you needed?  Maybe we missed something.
> >
> 
> I'm looking for built versions of the programs found in the tools directory.
> Partially to know how to properly build a program that uses the rpm API on AIX,
> and partially to just use the tools. (ie. dump.c, dump.db.c, etc... )

What do you know?   I've been working on rpm for months, and I've never paid
attention that some of those tools aren't shipped.  Once I got RPM working,
I pretty much just moved on to the other things that needed to be worked
on.

Have you pulled down our SRPM for rpm and just built it using rpm?  That
should get you most of the way there, I'd think.   Would you not just be
able to visit the tools directory and do make those specific
tools from there, then?  

> 
> 
> >> I have also noticed that the normal install of rpm installs itself as
> >> rpm-'version'-'release', but it looks like the AIX rpm.rte version is in the
> rpm
> >> database as AIX-rpm-'aix version'-'release' (ie. AIX-rpm-4.3.3.10-1).  I
> found
> >> this a bit odd.  Can you elaborate on why this was done this way?
> >
> >That's not rpm.  That is a virtual package which gets built when rpm.rte
> >is installed to provide RPM with the information about what was installed
> >via installp.  It's basically lslpp -f | /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides with
> >a little bit extra logic.  It allows rpm to find the dependencies provided
> >by things installed by installp.  If there weren't such a thing, you would
> >have to disable dependency checking every time that you used rpm.  If you
> >run 'rpm -q --provides AIX-rpm' you'll what AIX-rpm does for you.  If you
> >install more support via installp later (like if you installed some optional
> >X libraries), then you would run /usr/sbin/updtvpkg to update AIX-rpm.  The
> >level of AIX-rpm is derived from your system level and a counter indicating
> >the number of times that updtvpkg was run.
> >
> 
> Ahhhh, I see the light!  I'm new to rpm construction, and am just learning
> how to query the db for info.  Nice approach, but a bit confusing.  Just a
> though, but might it be better described without the rpm in the name??

I added the rpm because there IS information about the functions installed with
rpm.rte, which is technically not AIX.  I originally called that virtual
packages "SysProvides," but I just personally found that an awkward name.
I originally excluded the information from rpm.rte, but ran into situations
where things were failing to install because they needed something that
actually WAS provided by rpm.rte - the compression library zlib, for example.
I chose to represent what was actually installed as closely as possible.

> 
> TIA,
> 
> - Mike Donahue
> 
> 
> 


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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189

[toolbox-l] RE: rpm database questions

[Michael J. D. <mdo...@Mc...>]

>> Marc -
>>
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>
>>> When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
>>> db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
>>
>> Well, no I didn't build db 2.7.7  with the --enable-compat185.  I just
installed
>> the pre-built rpm.  I suppose I can rebuild db if that is necessary.  Would
it
>> make sense to provide the 2.7.7 rpm for db with this already done for the
>> future?
>
>db-2.7.7-3 was built with --enable-compat185.  You don't have another
>libdb.a on your system aside from the one in /opt/freeware/lib (not counting
>the symlink to that one in /usr/lib)?

Actually, I don't even have a /opt/freeware/lib/libdb.a file so I'll assume
you really mean /opt/freeware/BerkeleyDB/lib/libdb.a.  That's all there is
in /opt/freeware/BerkeleyDB/lib.  I noticed that you stated db-2.7.7-3, I
downloaded db-2.7.7-1 from the web site this morning.  That's all I show
on the download wed site, or is this the wrong URL:?

URL: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/products/aixos/linux/download.html

>>
>>> also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.
>>
>>> You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?
>>
>> Yes, I used the rpm.rte package to install rpm 3.0.5 and then I downloaded
the
>> rpm 3.0.5 source from the web page.  I need to build the rpm tools in order
to
>> get one of the utilities I'm working on to work.
>
>I wouldn't think that you would need to rebuild rpm in most circumstances.
>There are libraries for build and development shipped with rpm.  What's missing
>that you needed?  Maybe we missed something.
>

I'm looking for built versions of the programs found in the tools directory.
Partially to know how to properly build a program that uses the rpm API on AIX,
and partially to just use the tools. (ie. dump.c, dump.db.c, etc... )


>> I have also noticed that the normal install of rpm installs itself as
>> rpm-'version'-'release', but it looks like the AIX rpm.rte version is in the
rpm
>> database as AIX-rpm-'aix version'-'release' (ie. AIX-rpm-4.3.3.10-1).  I
found
>> this a bit odd.  Can you elaborate on why this was done this way?
>
>That's not rpm.  That is a virtual package which gets built when rpm.rte
>is installed to provide RPM with the information about what was installed
>via installp.  It's basically lslpp -f | /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides with
>a little bit extra logic.  It allows rpm to find the dependencies provided
>by things installed by installp.  If there weren't such a thing, you would
>have to disable dependency checking every time that you used rpm.  If you
>run 'rpm -q --provides AIX-rpm' you'll what AIX-rpm does for you.  If you
>install more support via installp later (like if you installed some optional
>X libraries), then you would run /usr/sbin/updtvpkg to update AIX-rpm.  The
>level of AIX-rpm is derived from your system level and a counter indicating
>the number of times that updtvpkg was run.
>

Ahhhh, I see the light!  I'm new to rpm construction, and am just learning
how to query the db for info.  Nice approach, but a bit confusing.  Just a
though, but might it be better described without the rpm in the name??

TIA,

- Mike Donahue

[toolbox-l] Re: ntop (was AIX Toolbox for Linux - Etherape binary)

[<gth...@go...>]

I am trying to find if I still have the sources around of what I compiled.
If I have them (which that was 2 years ago, most likely not) I can send
them to you.

Otherwise I could probably go back through and recompile it again, usually
easier the 2nd time around...

GRegg
P.S. I love the html side of ntop, that's the main reason why I was
interested in the application...





Marc Stephenson <ma...@au...> on 03/09/2001 08:08:48 PM

Please respond to ma...@au...

To:   gth...@go...
cc:   aix...@au...
Subject:  Re: ntop (was AIX Toolbox for Linux - Etherape binary)


Worked out of the box, no patches?  Any special configuration switches?

>
> To the person asking for ntop.  It works under AIX.
>
> I have had ntop running under AIX for a "while"...
> # ls -l /usr/local/bin/ntop
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system    335335 Mar 17 1999  /usr/local/bin/ntop
> # ntop -v
> ntop v.1.0 for powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.4.0 [libpcap version 0.4a6]
> Written by Luca Deri <de...@un...> and Stefano Suin <st...@un...>.
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Austin, TX
Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES:
ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L
678-3189

Re: [toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

...
> 
> Marc -
> 
> Thanks for your quick reply.
> 
> >When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
> >db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
> 
> Well, no I didn't build db 2.7.7  with the --enable-compat185.  I just installed
> the pre-built rpm.  I suppose I can rebuild db if that is necessary.  Would it
> make sense to provide the 2.7.7 rpm for db with this already done for the
> future?

db-2.7.7-3 was built with --enable-compat185.  You don't have another
libdb.a on your system aside from the one in /opt/freeware/lib (not counting
the symlink to that one in /usr/lib)?

> 
> >also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.
> 
> >You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?
> 
> Yes, I used the rpm.rte package to install rpm 3.0.5 and then I downloaded the
> rpm 3.0.5 source from the web page.  I need to build the rpm tools in order to
> get one of the utilities I'm working on to work.

I wouldn't think that you would need to rebuild rpm in most circumstances.
There are libraries for build and development shipped with rpm.  What's missing
that you needed?  Maybe we missed something.

> 
> I have also noticed that the normal install of rpm installs itself as
> rpm-'version'-'release', but it looks like the AIX rpm.rte version is in the rpm
> database as AIX-rpm-'aix version'-'release' (ie. AIX-rpm-4.3.3.10-1).  I found
> this a bit odd.  Can you elaborate on why this was done this way?

That's not rpm.  That is a virtual package which gets built when rpm.rte 
is installed to provide RPM with the information about what was installed
via installp.  It's basically lslpp -f | /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides with
a little bit extra logic.  It allows rpm to find the dependencies provided
by things installed by installp.  If there weren't such a thing, you would
have to disable dependency checking every time that you used rpm.  If you 
run 'rpm -q --provides AIX-rpm' you'll what AIX-rpm does for you.  If you
install more support via installp later (like if you installed some optional
X libraries), then you would run /usr/sbin/updtvpkg to update AIX-rpm.  The
level of AIX-rpm is derived from your system level and a counter indicating
the number of times that updtvpkg was run.

> 
> TIA,
> 
> - Mike Donahue
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marc Stephenson <ma...@au...> on 03/12/2001 10:54:24 AM
> 
> Please respond to ma...@au...
> 
> To:   Michael J. Donahue/MCLEOD@MCLEOD
> cc:   aix...@dw... (AIX Toolbox Mailing List)
> Subject:  Re: [toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library
> 
> 
> 
> When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
> db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
> also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.
> 
> You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?
> 
> Marc
> (P.S. Reflected to AIX toolbox mailing list -
> aix...@os...)
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi -
> >
> > I'm trying to build some tools for my rpm database and I need to re-build rpm
> > 3.0.5 to get use of some of the tools it provides, but when I try to run
> > configure rpm for the build, it complains that rpm needs db-1.85 API.
> >
> > I do have db ver 2.7.7 installed, but there are significant changes between
> the
> > two database versions, and 2.7.7 cannot even read the rpm database.  Do you
> have
> > a copy of db-1.85 available???
> >
> > Also, are there any other tools need to rebuild rpm that may not be avialable?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > - Mike Donahue
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> > aix...@os...
> >
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list
> 
> >
> 
> 
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> Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
> Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189

Re: [toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library

[Michael J. D. <mdo...@Mc...>]

Marc -

Thanks for your quick reply.

>When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
>db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is

Well, no I didn't build db 2.7.7  with the --enable-compat185.  I just installed
the pre-built rpm.  I suppose I can rebuild db if that is necessary.  Would it
make sense to provide the 2.7.7 rpm for db with this already done for the
future?

>also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.

>You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?

Yes, I used the rpm.rte package to install rpm 3.0.5 and then I downloaded the
rpm 3.0.5 source from the web page.  I need to build the rpm tools in order to
get one of the utilities I'm working on to work.

I have also noticed that the normal install of rpm installs itself as
rpm-'version'-'release', but it looks like the AIX rpm.rte version is in the rpm
database as AIX-rpm-'aix version'-'release' (ie. AIX-rpm-4.3.3.10-1).  I found
this a bit odd.  Can you elaborate on why this was done this way?

TIA,

- Mike Donahue





Marc Stephenson <ma...@au...> on 03/12/2001 10:54:24 AM

Please respond to ma...@au...

To:   Michael J. Donahue/MCLEOD@MCLEOD
cc:   aix...@dw... (AIX Toolbox Mailing List)
Subject:  Re: [toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library



When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.

You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?

Marc
(P.S. Reflected to AIX toolbox mailing list -
aix...@os...)

>
>
>
>
> Hi -
>
> I'm trying to build some tools for my rpm database and I need to re-build rpm
> 3.0.5 to get use of some of the tools it provides, but when I try to run
> configure rpm for the build, it complains that rpm needs db-1.85 API.
>
> I do have db ver 2.7.7 installed, but there are significant changes between
the
> two database versions, and 2.7.7 cannot even read the rpm database.  Do you
have
> a copy of db-1.85 available???
>
> Also, are there any other tools need to rebuild rpm that may not be avialable?
>
> TIA,
>
> - Mike Donahue
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Re: [toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

When you build db, you need to configure with --enable-compat185.  We have
db (it's really db1) available as an RPM in the AIX Toolbox, and it is
also installed as part of our rpm.rte installp image for 4.3.3.

You have your own rpm then, and not the version from the AIX toolbox?  

Marc
(P.S. Reflected to AIX toolbox mailing list - aix...@os...)

> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi -
> 
> I'm trying to build some tools for my rpm database and I need to re-build rpm
> 3.0.5 to get use of some of the tools it provides, but when I try to run
> configure rpm for the build, it complains that rpm needs db-1.85 API.
> 
> I do have db ver 2.7.7 installed, but there are significant changes between the
> two database versions, and 2.7.7 cannot even read the rpm database.  Do you have
> a copy of db-1.85 available???
> 
> Also, are there any other tools need to rebuild rpm that may not be avialable?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> - Mike Donahue
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> aix...@os...
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list
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[toolbox-l] rpm 3.0.5 missing database library

[Michael J. D. <mdo...@Mc...>]

Hi -

I'm trying to build some tools for my rpm database and I need to re-build rpm
3.0.5 to get use of some of the tools it provides, but when I try to run
configure rpm for the build, it complains that rpm needs db-1.85 API.

I do have db ver 2.7.7 installed, but there are significant changes between the
two database versions, and 2.7.7 cannot even read the rpm database.  Do you have
a copy of db-1.85 available???

Also, are there any other tools need to rebuild rpm that may not be avialable?

TIA,

- Mike Donahue

Re: [toolbox-l] rsync and files > 2GB

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

I don't see any rsync configuration options to enable large files.  Are you
using a file system which isn't large file-enabled by chance?   Run
"lsfs -q fsname"  and check the value for bf.  If it's not true, then
you don't have a large file-enabled filesystem.  You can't large-file-enable
existing filesystem; they have to be created that way.

Marc
P.S. I forwarded this to the aixtoolbox public mailing list, 
aix...@os....  Hope you don't mind.

> 
> I downloaded and installed rsync and it works great except for files > 2GB.
> I know that it will support files > 2GB, because I have it installed on 2
> Alpha boxes. Can it be compiled to support files > 2GB?
> 
> Todd Willeat
> UNIX Administrator
> 
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> Chesterfield, Missouri 63017-3492
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[toolbox-l] Re: ntop (was AIX Toolbox for Linux - Etherape binary)

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

Worked out of the box, no patches?  Any special configuration switches?

> 
> To the person asking for ntop.  It works under AIX.
> 
> I have had ntop running under AIX for a "while"...
> # ls -l /usr/local/bin/ntop
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system    335335 Mar 17 1999  /usr/local/bin/ntop
> # ntop -v
> ntop v.1.0 for powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.4.0 [libpcap version 0.4a6]
> Written by Luca Deri <de...@un...> and Stefano Suin <st...@un...>.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

...
> > xv - this one might have license problems
> 
> I believe you would have a problem here - as you have probably already
> noticed, this is not actually 'open source' but 'free for non-commercial
> use'.  Folks like SuSe put this in with their 'commercial' code on their
> big distributions...
> 

We are very careful about non-commercial clauses.  We would most likely have
to approach each situation individually and request formal permission.
We're distributing the packages for free, but we'll be distributing them
along with the operating system, which is clearly a commercial venture.
We don't want to be anybody's legal test case, really.

> 
> Hmmm, I am going to have to go off and look again...there must be a way to
> contribute via building some of these packages or something....
> <snip>

The nicest thing would be a combination of an RPM SPEC file and patches,
with the prefix set to /opt/freeware.

I've never tested it, but there is a patch section at the project page.

We realize that we're going to be playing catch-up with our users for some
time to come.  We hope that you'll bear with us.  The bottlenecks are legal 
clearances and packaging.

> "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
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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
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Re: [toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

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

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Marc Stephenson wrote:

> Right  -  we have a list of about 29 requested packages which have passed 
> through at least one legal checklist (there are multiple things we have 
> to check).  There are some 40 or so more that people have requested that
> have not been approved for redistribution at all from IBM (a slow process
> for things which have patent grant language in their licenses).
> 
> Here are the 29 - these aren't necessarily the ones which we would attack next.
> Some we might never get to.  I'm torn about making a vanilla apache RPM
> available since there is a publicly available version in the IBM HTTP Server.
> 
> aalib bind ddd ethereal fvwm2 gd gif2png gnuplot groff IceWM netcdf openldap
> php pine ppp proftpd pstoedit psutils squid tgif traceroute trueprint
> xemacs xftp xmcd xmms xntp xpaint
> xv - this one might have license problems

I believe you would have a problem here - as you have probably already
noticed, this is not actually 'open source' but 'free for non-commercial
use'.  Folks like SuSe put this in with their 'commercial' code on their
big distributions...

> 
> Eventually I'll open "bug reports" to make all this public.  I have an
> internal aversion to opening "bug reports" that I know I can't turn around
> that quickly.
> 
> Here are some others that have been requested at one time or another.
> apache autotrace c2ps cdf dx fltk fox hdf hp2xx jpeg2ps latex libmng
> libwmf mesa Mgv monitor netpbm plotutils pnmtopng procmail sendmail
> sketch smake StarOffice t1lib wvWare xdir
> 
> The ones formally requested through the project page are openldap,
> ethereal, etherape, and plotutils.  If there is something that you
> would like to see, submit a bug report as David suggested.  That's
> the place that will get the most attention.
> 
> Marc

Hmmm, I am going to have to go off and look again...there must be a way to
contribute via building some of these packages or something....
<snip>
"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

[toolbox-l] ntop (was AIX Toolbox for Linux - Etherape binary)

[<gth...@go...>]

To the person asking for ntop.  It works under AIX.

I have had ntop running under AIX for a "while"...
# ls -l /usr/local/bin/ntop
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     system    335335 Mar 17 1999  /usr/local/bin/ntop
# ntop -v
ntop v.1.0 for powerpc-ibm-aix4.1.4.0 [libpcap version 0.4a6]
Written by Luca Deri <de...@un...> and Stefano Suin <st...@un...>.

Re: [toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

Right  -  we have a list of about 29 requested packages which have passed 
through at least one legal checklist (there are multiple things we have 
to check).  There are some 40 or so more that people have requested that
have not been approved for redistribution at all from IBM (a slow process
for things which have patent grant language in their licenses).

Here are the 29 - these aren't necessarily the ones which we would attack next.
Some we might never get to.  I'm torn about making a vanilla apache RPM
available since there is a publicly available version in the IBM HTTP Server.

aalib bind ddd ethereal fvwm2 gd gif2png gnuplot groff IceWM netcdf openldap
php pine ppp proftpd pstoedit psutils squid tgif traceroute trueprint
xemacs xftp xmcd xmms xntp xpaint
xv - this one might have license problems

Eventually I'll open "bug reports" to make all this public.  I have an
internal aversion to opening "bug reports" that I know I can't turn around
that quickly.

Here are some others that have been requested at one time or another.
apache autotrace c2ps cdf dx fltk fox hdf hp2xx jpeg2ps latex libmng
libwmf mesa Mgv monitor netpbm plotutils pnmtopng procmail sendmail
sketch smake StarOffice t1lib wvWare xdir

The ones formally requested through the project page are openldap,
ethereal, etherape, and plotutils.  If there is something that you
would like to see, submit a bug report as David suggested.  That's
the place that will get the most attention.

Marc

> 
> 
> There is not a public list of software in the process of being ported,
> but you can find a list (in its infancy) of requested software
> at the toolbox web site, and you can also make your own requests
> there, under the "bugs" section as a "request":
>   http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/aixtoolbox
> 
> I do not see any sign of an open source version of RealAudio;
> I don't think that it exists; we cannot provide it unless it is
> open source (and if the license also allows it).
> 
> We would love to get StarOffice working on AIX and it is being
> looked at -- but it is an enormous package; there is no target for
> availability at this point.
> 
> David Clissold
> cl...@au...
> 
> >Is there a list of Linux software in the process of being ported?
> >How about a list of Linux software being considered?
> >
> >Any chance of getting RealAudio ported?
> >What about StarOffice?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >GRegg Thompson
> >gth...@go...
> 


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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189

[toolbox-l] rsync and files > 2GB

[Willeat, T. <TWi...@MH...>]

I downloaded and installed rsync and it works great except for files > 2GB.
I know that it will support files > 2GB, because I have it installed on 2
Alpha boxes. Can it be compiled to support files > 2GB?

Todd Willeat
UNIX Administrator

 <<...OLE_Obj...>> 
40 Corporate Center
425 South Woods Mill Road
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017-3492
 Phone: (314) 214-2329
     Fax: (314) 214-8202
E-Mail:  twi...@mh...
    Web:  http://www.mercyhealthplans.com/

Re: [toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

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

There is not a public list of software in the process of being ported,
but you can find a list (in its infancy) of requested software
at the toolbox web site, and you can also make your own requests
there, under the "bugs" section as a "request":
  http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/projects/aixtoolbox

I do not see any sign of an open source version of RealAudio;
I don't think that it exists; we cannot provide it unless it is
open source (and if the license also allows it).

We would love to get StarOffice working on AIX and it is being
looked at -- but it is an enormous package; there is no target for
availability at this point.

David Clissold
cl...@au...

>Is there a list of Linux software in the process of being ported?
>How about a list of Linux software being considered?
>
>Any chance of getting RealAudio ported?
>What about StarOffice?
>
>Thanks,
>GRegg Thompson
>gth...@go...

[toolbox-l] Is there a list of future ports of Linux software?

[<gth...@go...>]

Is there a list of Linux software in the process of being ported?
How about a list of Linux software being considered?

Any chance of getting RealAudio ported?
What about StarOffice?

Thanks,
GRegg Thompson
gth...@go...

Re: [toolbox-l] qcam under AIX

[<bri...@us...>]

Unless I'm mistaken, inb, outb, etc are Intel-architecture specific inline
.asm directives.  We have no plans to emulate any Intel (or other)
architecture-specific features on AIX at this time.

Brian McCorkle


gth...@go...@dwoss.lotus.com on 03/09/2001 08:24:14 AM

Sent by:  aix...@dw...


To:   aix...@au...
cc:
Subject:  [toolbox-l] qcam under AIX




All the QuickCam software for Linux uses inb and outb function calls to
access the parallel port.  Is this going to be supported under AIX?  I have
a quickcam I would like to use on my RS6k

GRegg Thompson
gth...@go...
P.S. I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask this...


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Re: [toolbox-l] here's an error I am getting...

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

That's not it - I'm running 4.3.3.0 + one X11 APAR.

Maybe your download of vnc got corrupted.  Send me offline the output from 
rpm -ql vnc | xargs /usr/bin/sum -r.

Marc


> 
> 
> I installed the binaries via the rpm command.
> 
> The only thing I can think of is that I am not at the latest of the 4.3.3
> libraries for something...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> GRegg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Marc Stephenson <ma...@au...> on 03/09/2001 09:51:17 AM
> 
> Please respond to ma...@au...
> 
> To:   gth...@go...
> cc:   aix...@dw... (AIX Toolbox Mailing List)
> Subject:  Re: [toolbox-l] here's an error I am getting...
> 
> 
> Forwarded to new AIX Toolbox mailing list:
> aix...@os...
> 
> Did you build vnc yourself or did you install the one that came with the
> AIX Toolbox?  I'm not seeing that error.
> 
> Marc
> 
> >
> >
> > I apologize if this is the wrong place to put this but...
> >
> > I get the following error when trying to run vncserver
> > exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program Xvnc because of the following
> errors:
> >         0509-119   The l_nimpid field in the .loader section header
> >                    is not positive.
> >         0509-193 Examine the .loader section header with the
> >                  'dump -Hv' command.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> > GRegg Thompson
> > gth...@go...
> >
> >
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> Austin, TX
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> ma...@us...
> Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L
> 678-3189
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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L 678-3189

Re: [toolbox-l] here's an error I am getting...

[<gth...@go...>]

I installed the binaries via the rpm command.

The only thing I can think of is that I am not at the latest of the 4.3.3
libraries for something...

Any ideas?

Thanks!
GRegg





Marc Stephenson <ma...@au...> on 03/09/2001 09:51:17 AM

Please respond to ma...@au...

To:   gth...@go...
cc:   aix...@dw... (AIX Toolbox Mailing List)
Subject:  Re: [toolbox-l] here's an error I am getting...


Forwarded to new AIX Toolbox mailing list:
aix...@os...

Did you build vnc yourself or did you install the one that came with the
AIX Toolbox?  I'm not seeing that error.

Marc

>
>
> I apologize if this is the wrong place to put this but...
>
> I get the following error when trying to run vncserver
> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program Xvnc because of the following
errors:
>         0509-119   The l_nimpid field in the .loader section header
>                    is not positive.
>         0509-193 Examine the .loader section header with the
>                  'dump -Hv' command.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> GRegg Thompson
> gth...@go...
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> aixtoolbox-list mailing list
> aix...@os...
>
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list

>


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Austin, TX
Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES:
ma...@us...
Phone:   512-327-5670                                              T/L
678-3189

Re: [toolbox-l] here's an error I am getting...

[Marc S. <ma...@au...>]

Forwarded to new AIX Toolbox mailing list: aix...@os...

Did you build vnc yourself or did you install the one that came with the
AIX Toolbox?  I'm not seeing that error.

Marc

> 
> 
> I apologize if this is the wrong place to put this but...
> 
> I get the following error when trying to run vncserver
> exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program Xvnc because of the following errors:
>         0509-119   The l_nimpid field in the .loader section header
>                    is not positive.
>         0509-193 Examine the .loader section header with the
>                  'dump -Hv' command.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> GRegg Thompson
> gth...@go...
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> aix...@os...
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/mailman/listinfo/aixtoolbox-list
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Internet:  ma...@au...                          NOTES: ma...@us...
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