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Date:      Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        hubs@freebsd.org
Cc:        pantzer@ludd.luth.se
Subject:   Re: Solaris binaries for CVSup are finally ready 
Message-ID:  <200110251548.f9PFmda07480@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110242038.WAA02662@mother.ludd.luth.se>
References:  <200110242038.WAA02662@mother.ludd.luth.se>

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In article <200110242038.WAA02662@mother.ludd.luth.se>,
Mattias Pantzare  <pantzer@ludd.luth.se> wrote:
> I get this if I try to use a lockfile (-l):
> Error locking "/ftp/cvsup/freebsd/log/cvsup.lock": Invalid argument

That's probably because the binaries are statically-linked, and
statically-linked binaries are very non-portable between different
versions of Solaris.  What does work is to compile things on the
oldest available version of Solaris, and link them dynamically with
the system libraries.  Then they will run on newer versions of Solaris
too.

Or maybe it's just a bug.  You're probably the first person to try
using that option with these particular binaries.

I don't have access to a Solaris system.  Until somebody gives me a
long-term account + 500 MB of disk space on a Solaris system with gcc
and gmake installed, you Solaris CVSup users are going to continue
running into problems.  Sorry, but that's just the way it is.

> I would try to fix it if I could get the modula-3 compiler to build
> on solaris.  If anyone has instructions on how to build it on
> Solaris, please show them. :-)

I have some patches which I'll clean up and make available when I get
a chance.  (This weekend, I hope.)  You have to start with the PM3
release of Modula-3 from http://m3.polymtl.ca/m3/ and then you have to
patch a couple things.

John
-- 
  John Polstra
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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