OS-SCO-OpenSource

Index to SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 topics related to the use of open source projects

See Also: 

OS-SCO-OpenSource-KnownIssues

OS-SCO

Introduction

Topic Goals

This page primarily indexes local wiki pages that aggregate information relating to attempts to build and deploy free software to the OpenServer 5.0.7 platform. While these pages will document successes, it is intended to also show issues, workarounds, and even failures to deploy projects to the platform.

FTP Site

• ftp.bulgrien.net

  The server allows anonymous connections, but login details deviate from what is sometimes expected:

  User Name: anonymous@domain

  Password: any non-blank

  If a domain is not included, expect an error response like:

  421 Can't change directory to /var/ftp/ error message.

System Configuration

The following list helps define what vendor-specific packages are present on the systems used to build free software source packages. The list does not necessarily paint the complete picture, as a number of the software listed below is configured to take precedence over some of the vendor-supplied tools. This list taken from the Software tab of the "custom" utility.

Extended Shells (ver 1.4.1Ab) FSUpthreads - POSIX 1003.1c threads implementation (ver 3.14) GNU Development Tools (ver 5.0.7Kj) GNU Development Tools (ver 5.0.7g) Java 2 1.3.1_22 Plugin (ver 1.3.1Va) Java 2 1.3.1_22 Runtime Environment (ver 1.3.1Va) Java 2 1.3.1_22 Software Development Kit (ver 1.3.1Va) SCO OpenServer Development System (ver 5.2.0Aa) SCO OpenServer Enterprise System (ver 5.0.7Hw) patchck - package management tool (ver 18051503) OSS672A - OpenServer 5 Network Header File Update (ver 1.0.0) OSS673A - OSR 5.0.7 SCSI Floppy Driver supplement (ver 1.0.0) P535239A - pmd security fix (ver 1.0.0) SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 5 (ver 1.0.0Mc)

pkginfo reports:

system OSRcmppkg UDK Compatibility Module for SCO OpenServer system j2jre131 J2SE Runtime Environment 1.3.1 system j2jre142 J2SE Runtime Environment 1.4.2 utilities j2plg131 J2SE 1.3.1 - Java Plug-in system j2pls131 Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.1, Demos & Debug system j2sdk131 Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.1 system libC UnixWare Runtime C++ Library system libc Runtime C Library system libm UnixWare Runtime Math Library system libthread Runtime Thread Library package patchck patchck - package management tool utilities sudo sudo, sudoedit -- execute a command as another user package sysinfo sysinfo - information gathering tool system urwfonts (URW)++ Free X11 Fonts system xorgurw (URW)++ Free X11 Fonts The following software packages have been installed: UDK Compatibility Module for SCO OpenServer UDK Compatibility Runtime Set for SCO OpenServer J2SE Runtime Environment 1.3.1 J2SE Runtime Environment 1.4.2 J2SE 1.3.1 - Java Plug-in Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.1, Demos & Debug Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.1 UnixWare Runtime C++ Library Runtime C Library UnixWare Runtime Math Library Runtime Thread Library patchck - package management tool sudo, sudoedit -- execute a command as another user sysinfo - information gathering tool

User Account

A summary of possibly pertinent user environment follows:

1. As a rule, development occurs from within a BASH shell.

   Logon, then $ bash --login.

   ~/.bashrc has no development-specific settings.

   ~/.bash_profile does have a few pertinent settings.

   ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM=yes

   export ACCEPT_INFERIOR_RM_PROGRAM

   CPATH=${HOME}/include

   export CPATH

   CFLAGS="-static"

   export CFLAGS

   PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${HOME}/lib/pkgconfig

   export PKG_CONFIG_PATH

2. Search paths

   PATH

   ${HOME}/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/gnu/bin:/bin:/etc:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/java/bin:/usr/bin/X11

   MANPATH

   ${HOME}/share/man:${HOME}/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/man:/usr/gnu/man:/usr/X11R6/man

3. Tool chain updates

   gcc

   In general, the vendor-supplied gcc 2.95 is used, but gcc-3.4.6 was built and is deployed to the user's directory along with autotool and other utility updates. gcc project files are named with a -3.4.6 suffix, so CC defaults to the older revision. 2.95 has worked fine so far, and use of 3.4.6 has not proven to be necessary as of yet.

   automake 1.9, 1.14, 1.15

   autoconf 2.69

   grep 2.25

   libtool 1.5.24

   make 3.82

4. Various updated tools are used in lieu of older, vendor-supplied utilities:

   grep 2.25

   sudo 2.6.9p23

NOTE: All newer tool and utility versions may not all prove essential. In the face of difficulty with replicating build results, it is hoped that these disclosures may facilitate understanding and resolution.

GNU

• autoconf
• automake
• gettext
• gnulib
• grep
• libtool
• m4
• make

Miscellaneous

• curl
• openssh
• openssl
• sudo
• zlib