Re: [tbox-l] Problem with AIX tool box RPM

[Reza A. <ar...@au...>]

Hi Wayne,

On 08 Jul 2009, 05:31PM CDT, Wayne T Martin <wm...@us...> wrote:
> 1) With AIX install you get:
> /usr/libXpm.a -> /usr/lpp/X11/lib/R7/libXpm.a
> 
> 2) With post processing, we apply rpm  xpm-3.4k-7.aix5.1.ppc.rpm, which 
> changes symlink to:
> /usr/lib/libXpm.a -> /opt/freeware/lib/libXpm.a
> 
> 3) If the rpm is removed, possibly during an upgrade or an rpm removal 
> (rpm -e) /usr/lib/libXpm.a no longer exists.

A while ago, we rolled a new release (xpm-3.4k-8) to address this.

There is now a package specifically for AIX >= 6.1.  Since libXpm is delivered
with the base OS at these levels, this RPM is basically a dummy.  It provides
nothing and only exists to satisfy packaging dependency checks:

<ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/xpm/xpm-3.4k-8.aix6.1.ppc.rpm>

There is still a package for AIX < 6.1 which provides libXpm as before:

<ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/aix/freeSoftware/aixtoolbox/RPMS/ppc/xpm/xpm-3.4k-8.aix5.2.ppc.rpm>


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Reza Arbab
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