Re: IBM AIX xompile problems

[Ian Roxborough <irox@redhat.com>]

Hi,

AIX support (and a couple of others *nix) was dropped a while ago
(I think 2 years or something).

AIX is one of the more annoying forms of *nix to support and we
don't really have any plans to maintain and test an AIX version
(hey, if we have any AIX experts out there, we're taking patches).

Source-Navigator currently only able to compile with gcc and MSVC++.
If you are going to run SN on AIX, Step 1 is going to be getting
a working set of GNU tools, gcc, but also you probably want binutils
bash, make, sh, tar, etc..

Most of the AIX problems will probably come from setting up the build
environment. Step 2 will probably involve find some patches for 
Tcl/Tk
(maybe Tix and Itcl also) to get it running on AIX.

One other thing: I wouldn't learn Unix on an AIX machine if you
can avoid it.  AIX was my first Unix and Unix development environment,
it's very non standard and quirky.

Otherwise, an AIX users who'd be kind enough to post a tar ball
somewhere?

Hope this helps,

   Ian.


"Avital, T. - SPLXV" wrote:
> 
> Hi again
> A little bit of hacking??? As I said im dummy in Unix all I wish is to b
> able to have the source navigator on my unix and as I read b4 in the mailing
> list RedHat already compiled it once under AIX machine so y not to publish
> this binaries as well?? Is there anyplace which gives exact explanation of
> how to compile and which changes u have to do to b able to compile it under
> AIX without gcc - only with xlC compiler? I mean in the sense of step 1 do
> that step2 do that. This will b the easiest for me as I will have my Unix
> courses only later this year ;o( and I need it badly now
> Pls. help such miserable person like me
> Thanks
> Tal