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Index of Subjects On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, John Nemeth wrote: John - Thanks for your quick response and suggestions of reasons & fixes for problems. I will get the release version of 1.1 from the ftp site. However, for the moment, to get some experience with Csuite on Solaris - will 1.0 run "out of the box"? I also have a copy of that version available. I would like to get some version on Csuite working on our target system so that I can try doing some conversions of Freeport accounts to Chebucto. I believe you are the person who developed scripts for that purpose? If so - I would like to get copies to try out, even if I wind up doing it on our Linux Csuite test bed. Thanks again - please keep me informed of any progress in getting 1.1 to install on Solaris. Ken Applegate > On Aug 13, 12:56am, Kenneth Applegate wrote: > } > } 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 > Ken Applegate How do you identify astronomers from Seattle? <starsrus@scn.org> By the windshield wipers on their telescopes!
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