Re: [Linux-decnet-user] symbiont

[Henry W. M. <hen...@at...>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Caulfield" <pa...@ty...>
To: <lin...@li...>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 03:36
Subject: Re: [Linux-decnet-user] symbiont


> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 04:23:21AM -0800, Henry W. Miller wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Patrick Caulfield" <pa...@ty...>
> > To: <lin...@li...>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 05:30
> > Subject: Re: [Linux-decnet-user] symbiont
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I've uploaded a new symbiont.zip that has both VAX and Alpha
binaries
> > in it now.
> > > I still can't guarantee that it will run on VMS 5.5 as they were
both
> > compiled
> > > on 7.2 but it's worth a go.
> > >
> > > patrick
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Patrick,
> >
> >     From past experience, they probably won't run.  But, if you post
the
> > object
> > files or create a VMSINSTAL kit, they should link and then run OK.
> >

Patrick,

>
>
> Plus it would also have helped if I had remembered to build the ZIP
archive with
> "-V" to preserve the VMS file attributes....sorry.
>
> I've uploaded a new symbiont.zip that has that corrected and also has
the object
> files and BUILD_ALPHA and BUILD_VAX command procedures so you should
be able to
> get it to work on any version of VMS. I'll think about doing a
VMSINSTAL kit but
> I haven't done one for years so it may take some time.
>

    It's kind of like riding a bicycle - once you learn...  I think that
the manual for
writing VMSINSTAL kits is on-line at DEC, er, COMPAQ, I mean HP...

    If you get stuck, let me know - I've done my share of kits in my
time.

> patrick
>
>
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-HWM