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From: Steven R. L. <sr...@ic...> - 2009-04-14 14:57:03
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Dave, Thanks for your note. All of what you mentioned would have to be implemented differently to work without USS (as I understand it). The benefit is not clear to me. -s mcl...@em... wrote: > hi JSat-san: I'm curious about your worry about USS for building ICU, > and whether or not your worry extends to runtime also. USS is a > required part of z/OS now, and has been for a while and the OS can't > run without it correct? (sheesh, there are lots of IBM folks on this > list who know a heck of lot more than I about it). > > You still need to USS file system to run programs that use ICU, > correct? Even if you were able to create a build system running > batch JCL or even TSO Clists or Rexx execs, you still have the issue > of storing binaries into the USS files and then at runtime loading > DLLs, open and reading .dat and/or .res files in the USS file system, > and other stuff. > > Sorry, if I've confused the issue, but I was just curious about your > USS concerns. > > Dave > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Dave McLellan, RMSG Perf/Scale (missing I18n a whole lot!) > EMC Corporation, Hopkinton MA > office 508-249-1257, fax 508-544-2129 > cell 978-500-2546, IM: mcl...@ya... > +-+-+-+-+-+-+ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* s-...@ji... [mailto:s-...@ji...] > *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2009 8:24 PM > *To:* ICU support mailing list > *Cc:* ICU support mailing list > *Subject:* Re: [icu-support] Is Unix System Service (USS) mandatory on > z/OS? > > > Thanks for your great help, Steven. > > Regards > jSat > > > *"Steven R. Loomis" <sr...@ic...>* > > 2009/04/14 09:16 > ICU support mailing list <icu...@li...> へ > 返信してください > > > > 宛先 > ICU support mailing list <icu...@li...> > cc > > 件名 > Re: [icu-support] Is Unix System Service (USS) mandatory on z/OS? > > > > > > > > > > jSat, > > In the ICU Readme we give a method for building (compiling from > source) binary modules for ICU for this platform. If you do not wish > to use USS , you will need to determine some other way of executing > the compiler, linker, etc on the ICU code. > > I hope this helps. > > > > Steven > > > On Apr 13, 2009, at 5:05 PM, _s-...@ji....jp_ > <mailto:s-...@ji...> wrote: > Thank you very much for your info. > > > > >USS is mandatory for building ICU without re-implementing the build > system. > > > > I'd like just to clarify what you're saying. > Is this correct that "re-implementing" means re-compiling related ICU > source codes on z/OS native file system? > In other words, although binary modules such as ICU libraries and > converters are not provided for z/OS, I can build them myself. > How can I understand it? > > Thanks & Regards, > jSat > > *"Steven R. Loomis" <**_srl@icu-project.org_* > <mailto:sr...@ic...>*>* > > 2009/04/14 08:49 > ICU support mailing list <_ic...@li....net_ > <mailto:icu...@li...>> へ > 返信してください > > > 宛先 > ICU support mailing list <_ic...@li....net_ > <mailto:icu...@li...>> > cc > > 件名 > Re: [icu-support] Is Unix System Service (USS) mandatory on z/OS? > > > > > > > > > > > > USS is mandatory for building ICU without re-implementing the build > system. > > -s > > On Apr 13, 2009, at 4:40 PM, _s-...@ji....jp_ > <mailto:s-...@ji...> wrote: > > > Hello, experts, > > I want to install and use ICU v4.0 on z/OS. > Does anybody know whether USS is mandatory to achieve this? > > Regards,- |