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On Aug 13, 12:56am, Kenneth Applegate wrote:
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} After testing Csuite on Linux installations, I now am trying to install
} Csuite 1.1 [pre-release fc3 version - is 1.1 released?] on a Sun Sparc
Yes, it is, and it's available from the FTP site.
} system running Solaris 7 (2.7). The only "non-standard" thing is to
} install to a /usr/opt/csuite on a large /usr/opt partition, rather than to
} the default /opt/csuite.
This is fine.
} I hit minor problems in csbuild when two Makefiles could not seem to
} locate utilities "ar" and "size" in /usr/ccs/bin, even though they existed
} there and /usr/ccs/bin is part of the SUPER-PATH listed in the csuite vars
This is probably because /usr/ccs/bin wasn't in your path when you
started csbuild (SUPER-PATH doesn't take effect immediately).
} However, I am having trouble getting past Step 1, System settings and Step
} 2, Site Configuration. The first time I ran Step 1, system settings were
} apparently gathered, but when I go to Step 2, I am not allowed to proceed
} until Step 1 is completed. The suggested Ctrl-R to reload doesn't help.
This is just the beginning of the problems. As the README-SOLARIS
says, an install on Solaris hadn't been tried. The bad news is that
out of the box, CSuite 1.1 will not run on Solaris (several scripts
will bomb with syntax errors, and several programs will fail to compile
and install). The good news is that I discovered this a couple of
weeks ago and have been working on it. It looks like I've reached the
end of the problems that prevent a successful install. If the build,
I'm doing right now works (right through a complete install), I'll be
putting up a test server early next week.
} Also, if csuite has been installed partially, is there any way to force
} csbuild to go back to the beginning, or to a particular point [such as
} just after building bash]? I'm not sure how csbuild is keeping track of
} the current state of the installation.
csbuild doesn't really keep track. It is just a dumb script that
goes step by step. Once Lynx is started, there is some tracking, but
without the scripts it can difficult to setup the proper environment.
I generally don't try to restart an install. What I do is create a
seperate holding directory (i.e. /usr/local/src/csuite-1.1.orig) into
which I download the files, then when I attempt an install, I copy the
files to a different directory (i.e. /usr/local/src/csuite-1.1) and
build it from there. If the install fails, I correct the problem, wipe
out everything to return the system to the state it was in before I
started, then recopy the files, and restart from the beginning. I know
this sounds like a major pain, and it really should be corrected.
}-- End of excerpt from Kenneth Applegate
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